Tollevast

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50599

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tollevast (INSEE 50599) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,654 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50599-tollevast

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 10,905 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (MARGAUX&VOUS · LES REFLETS DE MIA · LES COULEURS D'ELO). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE VILLAGE VERT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	MARGAUX&VOUS · LES REFLETS DE MIA · LES COULEURS D'ELO	INSEE SIRENE 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE VILLAGE VERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 459 2023: 1,654 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,240 (2012) → 1,654 (2023): 33.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 930 (1990) → 1,654 (2023): 77.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 744, of which 5.5 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km NWBakery — 3.5 km NWGP — 3.9 km NWPharmacy — 4.5 km SE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Martinvast): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hardinvast): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Martinvast): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brix): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Tollevast): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 4.9▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 5 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHERBOURG-HOMET weather station, 9.6 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 10.7 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

An average of 956 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHERBOURG-HOMET, 9.6 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50599/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50599/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50599/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50599/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50230
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50599
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Néomaye	79	370 km S	1,359	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Villebret	03	486 km SE	1,335	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Marbois	27	202 km E	1,320	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 27 %
Goupil-Othon	27	180 km E	1,220	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
La Cerlangue	76	147 km E	1,300	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 57 %
Ailly	27	213 km E	1,234	22	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Cerlangue	76	147 km E	1,300	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 57 %
Goupil-Othon	27	180 km E	1,220	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Marbois	27	202 km E	1,320	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 27 %
Ailly	27	213 km E	1,234	22	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Néomaye	79	370 km S	1,359	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Villebret	03	486 km SE	1,335	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Tollevast's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moulins-en-Bessin	14	83 km SE	1,125	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gonneville-Le Theil	50	13 km NE	1,513	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Teurthéville-Hague	50	7.3 km W	1,037	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sommervieu	14	77 km SE	987	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Trégomeur	22	145 km SW	945	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-au-Val	50	8.2 km NE	729	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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