La Vendelée
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Vendelée (INSEE 50624) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 459 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 12 % of the 17,936 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 | 0.78 | 10 | 7.79 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.36 |
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 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
Population 450 (2012) → 459 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 359 (1990) → 459 (2023): 27.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 6.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Coutances): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Coutances): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Coutances): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Coutances): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Gratot): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COUTANCES weather station, 4.2 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 103 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at GOUVILLE, 10.8 km away at 7 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 96 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,089 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at COUTANCES, 4.2 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50624/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50624/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50624/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50624/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50147
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50219
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillonville | 28 | 255 km SE | 459 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sauchay | 76 | 214 km NE | 454 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champagney | 39 | 556 km E | 473 | 16.9 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Esboz-Brest | 70 | 600 km E | 447 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bellengreville | 76 | 214 km NE | 467 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Framerville-Rainecourt | 80 | 314 km E | 443 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauchay | 76 | 214 km NE | 454 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellengreville | 76 | 214 km NE | 467 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guillonville | 28 | 255 km SE | 459 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Framerville-Rainecourt | 80 | 314 km E | 443 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champagney | 39 | 556 km E | 473 | 16.9 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Esboz-Brest | 70 | 600 km E | 447 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · 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 La Vendelée'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauchay | 76 | 214 km NE | 454 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellengreville | 76 | 214 km NE | 467 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Coulitz | 29 | 215 km SW | 475 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bérigny | 50 | 39 km E | 442 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oneux | 80 | 274 km NE | 434 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hottot-les-Bagues | 14 | 60 km E | 452 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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