Virandeville

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50643

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 65.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Virandeville (INSEE 50643) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 816 (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 65.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 15,532 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.16
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE RENOUF). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LECAPLAIN-PARIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GALLIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SEB PIZZA · HORVAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE TYAREA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL ZAHAREANU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE VIRANDEVILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIRANDEVILLE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AUX BOUCLES D'ALICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE RENOUF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE LECAPLAIN-PARIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	GALLIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	SEB PIZZA · HORVAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE TYAREA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MICHEL ZAHAREANU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE VIRANDEVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIRANDEVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	AUX BOUCLES D'ALICE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 504 2023: 816 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 797 (2012) → 816 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 731 (1990) → 816 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 1.2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Virandeville): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Virandeville): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Virandeville): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Virandeville): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Virandeville): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 4.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 4 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHERBOURG-HOMET weather station, 12.1 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 16.8 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,101 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at TONNEVILLE, 8.4 km away at 97 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 — 50643/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50643/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50643/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50643/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50643
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
Ry	76	222 km E	787	79.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Août	36	418 km SE	811	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Lanuéjouls	12	643 km SE	779	76.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre	27	171 km E	894	75	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Roncey	50	70 km SE	770	63.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Maresquel-Ecquemicourt	62	278 km E	1,070	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roncey	50	70 km SE	770	63.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre	27	171 km E	894	75	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Ry	76	222 km E	787	79.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Maresquel-Ecquemicourt	62	278 km E	1,070	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Août	36	418 km SE	811	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Lanuéjouls	12	643 km SE	779	76.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · 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 Virandeville'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
Corlay	22	170 km SW	914	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Trégourez	29	226 km SW	947	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gouarec	22	183 km SW	866	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cavan	22	154 km SW	1,571	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vougay	29	206 km SW	873	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mespaul	29	198 km SW	946	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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