Le Vicel

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50633

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

No daily shops 16.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Vicel (INSEE 50633) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 119 (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 16.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 12,100 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.44
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 121 peak 2012: 146 2023: 119 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 146 (2012) → 119 (2023): -18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 119 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 26.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.6 km SFood shop — 1.2 km NEPrimary school — 3.7 km NEGP — 3.7 km NEPharmacy — 4.7 km S 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 (Le Vicel): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valcanville): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montfarville): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Quettehou): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Montfarville): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 10.6▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BARFLEUR weather station, 4.3 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 11.2 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 112 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BARFLEUR, 4.3 km away at 13 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50633/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50633/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50633/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50633/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50633
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50613
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50342
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50417
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
Urau	31	756 km S	118	12.7	No daily shops	no figures
Oris-en-Rattier	38	753 km SE	108	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lagamas	34	758 km SE	111	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Chamberaud	23	471 km SE	94	12.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Vioménil	88	574 km E	153	13.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Viviers-sur-Artaut	10	458 km E	119	7.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Viviers-sur-Artaut	10	458 km E	119	7.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Chamberaud	23	471 km SE	94	12.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Vioménil	88	574 km E	153	13.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Oris-en-Rattier	38	753 km SE	108	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Urau	31	756 km S	118	12.7	No daily shops	no figures
Lagamas	34	758 km SE	111	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Vicel'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
Meuvaines	14	64 km SE	136	9.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lanleff	22	164 km SW	121	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bazenville	14	64 km SE	142	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fréauville	76	197 km E	143	10.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pittefaux	62	247 km NE	114	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Colombiers-sur-Seulles	14	69 km SE	152	9.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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