Valognes

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50615

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 68.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valognes (INSEE 50615) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 6,969 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50615-valognes

Vitality score

Vitality score 68.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 3,452 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	0.75	25	18.67
Social	0.87	20	17.47
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.44	10	4.4
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PRALIBEL · LA LYCEENNE · BOULANGERIE LEBLOND · AUX PAPILLES ENCHANTEES). ^[3,4]

5 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU PETIT VERS · BOUCHERIE HELAINE · SEVERINE ET ROMAIN · LA BOUCH'RIT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE VALOGNES). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · S.A. COBEVAL · VALDIS · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

14 × Restaurant (MARIE LAURENT ET REGIS · TURQUOISE KEBAB · ENTRE PARENTHESE EP). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DE LA GARE · CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE VERSAILLES NORMAND). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE QUESNAY). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE FELIX BUHOT · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABRICE POTTIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE MOCQUOT, MÉDECIN · MARIE CARUSO, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER LAUNAY, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN LETERTRE-CHOPARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D ALAUNA · PHARMACIE HAUTEMANIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALOGNES JULIEN DE LAILLIER). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (TRIANON). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF POLYVALENT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA PLANCHE ST JEAN). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL VALOGNES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · SOCIETE GENERALE · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE). ^[3]

12 × Hairdresser (ESPACE SESAME · ART ET COIFFURE · ABCD'HAIR). ^[3,4]

4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (L'EPICURIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	9	PRALIBEL · LA LYCEENNE · BOULANGERIE LEBLOND · AUX PAPILLES ENCHANTEES	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	5	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU PETIT VERS · BOUCHERIE HELAINE · SEVERINE ET ROMAIN · LA BOUCH'RIT	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SUPERETTE VALOGNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	LIDL · S.A. COBEVAL · VALDIS · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	14	MARIE LAURENT ET REGIS · TURQUOISE KEBAB · ENTRE PARENTHESE EP	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	LE CAFE DE LA GARE · CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE VERSAILLES NORMAND	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE QUESNAY	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE FELIX BUHOT · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	FABRICE POTTIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE MOCQUOT, MÉDECIN · MARIE CARUSO, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER LAUNAY, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN LETERTRE-CHOPARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE D ALAUNA · PHARMACIE HAUTEMANIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALOGNES JULIEN DE LAILLIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	TRIANON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF POLYVALENT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA PLANCHE ST JEAN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL VALOGNES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · SOCIETE GENERALE · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	12	ESPACE SESAME · ART ET COIFFURE · ABCD'HAIR	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Fuel station	4	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	L'EPICURIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	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: 5,932 peak 1999: 7,537 2023: 6,969 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,932 (2012) → 6,969 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 7,412 (1990) → 6,969 (2023): -6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,840, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Valognes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valognes): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Valognes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Valognes): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Valognes): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VALOGNES weather station, 2.7 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 2.7 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,077 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VALOGNES, 2.7 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50615/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50615/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50615/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50615/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50615
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
Barr	67	662 km E	7,057	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Beaufort-en-Anjou	49	248 km S	6,901	64	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bourbourg	59	306 km NE	6,931	62.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Neufchâteau	88	539 km E	6,732	63.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Péronne	80	320 km E	7,090	65.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cateau-Cambrésis	59	366 km E	6,764	66.7	Served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaufort-en-Anjou	49	248 km S	6,901	64	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bourbourg	59	306 km NE	6,931	62.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Péronne	80	320 km E	7,090	65.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cateau-Cambrésis	59	366 km E	6,764	66.7	Served	no figures
Neufchâteau	88	539 km E	6,732	63.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Barr	67	662 km E	7,057	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Valognes'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
Coutances	50	51 km S	8,321	76.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Carhaix-Plouguer	29	206 km SW	7,412	70.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Carentan-les-Marais	50	28 km SE	10,218	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Doullens	80	283 km E	5,751	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Argences	14	104 km SE	3,959	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Loudéac	22	175 km SW	9,987	72.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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