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Ver

Manche · CC Coutances Mer et Bocage · INSEE 50626

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

No daily shops 19.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ver (INSEE 50626) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 386 (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/50626-ver

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 18,020 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.71107.06
Housing mix0.5752.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 0 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 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 484 2023: 386 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 386 (2012) → 386 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 320 (1990) → 386 (2023): 20.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 21.6 % second homes and 12 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.4 km NE (Gavray-sur-Sienne)Food shop — 3.5 km NE (Gavray-sur-Sienne)GP — 3.5 km NE (Gavray-sur-Sienne)Bakery — 3.6 km NE (Gavray-sur-Sienne)Pharmacy — 3.6 km NE (Gavray-sur-Sienne)
Primary school — 3.4 km NEFood shop — 3.5 km NEGP — 3.5 km NEBakery — 3.6 km NEPharmacy — 3.6 km NE 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 (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LONGUEVILLE weather station, 13.6 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 36 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 17.3 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. [9]

That station sits 98 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 1,131 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at EQUILLY, 6.6 km away at 101 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50626/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50626/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50626/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50626/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50197
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chapelle-Neuve22156 km W41319.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villard23367 km SE38117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Savigny-le-Vieux5049 km SE39914No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Aubin-les-Forges58393 km SE37617.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Castéra-Lectourois32568 km S32920.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
La Celle03431 km SE39817.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Savigny-le-Vieux5049 km SE39914No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
La Chapelle-Neuve22156 km W41319.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villard23367 km SE38117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-les-Forges58393 km SE37617.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle03431 km SE39817.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Castéra-Lectourois32568 km S32920.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Ver'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chapelle-Neuve22156 km W41319.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Beaufour-Druval14110 km E45320.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvillette-en-Charnie72125 km SE30519.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Billio56146 km SW33519.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grippon5013 km S39116.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mérillac22102 km SW24915.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %