Varenguebec

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50617

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

No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varenguebec (INSEE 50617) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 321 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/50617-varenguebec

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,933 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.46
Housing mix	0.6	5	3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (MOBIL'COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	MOBIL'COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 414 2023: 321 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 337 (2012) → 321 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 321 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 20 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 4.3 km SPrimary school — 5.8 km NWGP — 5.8 km SWFood shop — 5.9 km NWPharmacy — 5.9 km NW 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 (Montsenelle): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Haye): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 13.8▸

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTGARDON weather station, 8.6 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 14 m. ^[11]

The village sits 66 m below 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,031 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST SYMPHORIEN, 5.8 km away at 30 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50617/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50617/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50617/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50617/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50551
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50236
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
Vaylats	46	605 km SE	327	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 53 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize	36	363 km SE	311	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 53 %
Saint-Victor-d'Épine	27	153 km E	335	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Sortosville-en-Beaumont	50	19 km NW	297	16.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 76 %
Braslou	37	295 km SE	319	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Monteton	47	541 km S	323	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sortosville-en-Beaumont	50	19 km NW	297	16.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Victor-d'Épine	27	153 km E	335	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Braslou	37	295 km SE	319	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize	36	363 km SE	311	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 53 %
Monteton	47	541 km S	323	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 77 %
Vaylats	46	605 km SE	327	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 53 %

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