Le Val-Saint-Père

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50616

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Val-Saint-Père (INSEE 50616) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 1,898 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/50616-le-val-saint-pere

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 13 % of the 9,937 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.8
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ECHOPPE DU VAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ LI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE ST EXUPERY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

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

2 × Hotel (B & B · LES 13 ASSIETTES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'ECHOPPE DU VAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	CHEZ LI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE ST EXUPERY	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	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	B & B · LES 13 ASSIETTES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 857 peak 2017: 2,043 2023: 1,898 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,909 (2012) → 1,898 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,609 (1990) → 1,898 (2023): 18 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,000, of which 5.1 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.8 km EPharmacy — 2.1 km NEBakery — 2.2 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 (Avranches): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Val-Saint-Père): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avranches): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Avranches): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Val-Saint-Père): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 12.9 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 14 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 12.9 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 998 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LOLIF, 7.7 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50616/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50616/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50616/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50616/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50616
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-Colombe	77	341 km E	1,781	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Lévis-Saint-Nom	78	244 km E	1,603	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Guernes	78	224 km E	1,085	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Joseph	42	570 km SE	1,996	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Désir	14	127 km NE	1,756	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Maillot	89	350 km E	1,268	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Désir	14	127 km NE	1,756	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Guernes	78	224 km E	1,085	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lévis-Saint-Nom	78	244 km E	1,603	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Colombe	77	341 km E	1,781	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Maillot	89	350 km E	1,268	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Joseph	42	570 km SE	1,996	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · 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 Le Val-Saint-Père'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
Pencran	29	212 km W	2,234	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rogerville	76	152 km NE	1,734	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay	14	104 km NE	1,118	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Nogentel	02	352 km E	1,106	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Camphin-en-Pévèle	59	397 km NE	2,518	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Hérouvillette	14	103 km NE	1,354	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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