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Aclou

Eure · CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie · INSEE 27001

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aclou (INSEE 27001) is in Eure (27), part of CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie. Population 337 (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/27001-aclou

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 18,047 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 trend0.89108.87
Housing mix0.7753.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AMG LOCATION AUTO). [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (KH COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
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]
Restaurant1AMG LOCATION AUTOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1KH COIFFUREINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 189 2023: 337 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 281 (2012) → 337 (2023): 19.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 337 (2023): 38.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 11.7 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.6 km NW (Franqueville)GP — 3.2 km N (Brionne)Food shop — 3.3 km N (Brionne)Bakery — 3.4 km N (Brionne)Pharmacy — 3.4 km N (Brionne)
Primary school — 1.6 km NWGP — 3.2 km NFood shop — 3.3 km NBakery — 3.4 km NPharmacy — 3.4 km N 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 (Brionne): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Brionne): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Brionne): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Brionne): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Franqueville): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BRIONNE weather station, 2.8 km away at 59 m; the village itself is at 145 m. [10]

The village sits 86 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at BERNAY, 12.9 km away at 166 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BRIONNE, 2.8 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27001/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27001/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27001/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27001/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27116
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27266
  10. 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
Saint-Généroux79261 km S34017.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais45188 km SE34220.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Broyes51228 km E34015.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Poiseux58295 km SE33118No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Esclassan-Labastide32639 km S33523.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Chevillé72152 km SW35119.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chevillé72152 km SW35119.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais45188 km SE34220.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Broyes51228 km E34015.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Généroux79261 km S34017.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Poiseux58295 km SE33118No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Esclassan-Labastide32639 km S33523.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Aclou'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
Broyes51228 km E34015.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Noue51217 km E37123.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Charrecey71392 km SE32419.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vernantois39460 km SE29818.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Francheville54385 km E29723.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Forest-Montiers80141 km NE38219.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %