Varouville
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Varouville (INSEE 50618) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 216 (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/50618-varouville
Vitality score
Vitality score 8.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 6 % of the 16,448 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 259 (2012) → 216 (2023): -16.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 255 (1990) → 216 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 12.6 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Pierre-Église): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Pierre-Église): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Pierre-Église): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-Église): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Pierre-Église): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BARFLEUR weather station, 6.3 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 51 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 7.3 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 83 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BARFLEUR, 6.3 km away at 13 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 — 50618/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50618/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50618/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50618/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50539
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny | 10 | 389 km E | 216 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brainville | 50 | 66 km S | 214 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Amenucourt | 95 | 227 km E | 212 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cezay | 42 | 587 km SE | 211 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 16 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Croix-Comtesse | 17 | 405 km S | 223 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cocquerel | 80 | 241 km E | 220 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainville | 50 | 66 km S | 214 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Amenucourt | 95 | 227 km E | 212 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cocquerel | 80 | 241 km E | 220 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny | 10 | 389 km E | 216 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Croix-Comtesse | 17 | 405 km S | 223 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cezay | 42 | 587 km SE | 211 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 16 % · 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 Varouville'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arganchy | 14 | 67 km SE | 220 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Manoir | 14 | 71 km SE | 195 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Canteloup | 50 | 3.6 km S | 220 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fallencourt | 76 | 212 km E | 176 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Troguéry | 22 | 169 km SW | 227 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Parfouru-sur-Odon | 14 | 85 km SE | 198 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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