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Bémécourt

Eure · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 27054

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bémécourt (INSEE 27054) is in Eure (27), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 544 (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/27054-bemecourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 17,545 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.81108.14
Housing mix0.7153.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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: 292 peak 2017: 576 2023: 544 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 490 (2012) → 544 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 414 (1990) → 544 (2023): 31.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 14.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.1 km E (Breteuil)Food shop — 3.2 km E (Breteuil)GP — 3.3 km E (Breteuil)Pharmacy — 3.3 km E (Breteuil)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km EFood shop — 3.2 km EGP — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.3 km E 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 (Breteuil): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Breteuil): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Breteuil): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Breteuil): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bémécourt): 0 km to the north-east (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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BRETEUIL weather station, 2.7 km away at 168 m; the village itself is at 182 m. [10]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BRETEUIL, 2.7 km away at 168 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 — 27054/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27054/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27054/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27054/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27112
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27054
  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
Delincourt6083 km NE53718.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx38565 km SE53623.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %
Drucourt2742 km NW56817.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Les Adjots16312 km S53820.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Chassigny-sous-Dun71387 km SE56917.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %
La Bretonnière-la-Claye85307 km SW58620.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 59 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Drucourt2742 km NW56817.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Delincourt6083 km NE53718.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
La Bretonnière-la-Claye85307 km SW58620.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 59 %
Les Adjots16312 km S53820.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Chassigny-sous-Dun71387 km SE56917.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx38565 km SE53623.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 0 %

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