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Pont-Authou

Eure · CC de Pont-Audemer / Val de Risle · INSEE 27468

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

Partly served 57.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pont-Authou (INSEE 27468) is in Eure (27), part of CC de Pont-Audemer / Val de Risle. Population 584 (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/27468-pont-authou

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,244 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 food0.422510.54
Social0.912018.15
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.45104.53
Housing mix0.8754.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU COCHON QUI DORT). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHELIA PIZZA). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE MELODIE'S CAFE · CAFE DE PARIS · BRASSERIE CHEZ MUMU). [4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SOHIER CARON). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PONT AUTHOU AP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES MARRONNIERS). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1AU COCHON QUI DORTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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]
Restaurant2CHELIA PIZZAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE MELODIE'S CAFE · CAFE DE PARIS · BRASSERIE CHEZ MUMUINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE SOHIER CARONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PONT AUTHOU APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES MARRONNIERSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 538 peak 2007: 707 2023: 584 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 684 (2012) → 584 (2023): -14.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 613 (1990) → 584 (2023): -4.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 6.7 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.5 km W (Pont-Authou)Pharmacy — 0.5 km W (Pont-Authou)Food shop — 0.6 km W (Pont-Authou)GP — 1.9 km SE (Le Bec-Hellouin)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km WPharmacy — 0.5 km WFood shop — 0.6 km WGP — 1.9 km SE 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 (Pont-Authou): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pont-Authou): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Le Bec-Hellouin): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pont-Authou): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pont-Authou): 0 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 13 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, 5.8 km away at 59 m; the village itself is at 49 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at BERNAY, 18.8 km away at 166 m, over 21 summers. [10]

That station sits 117 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [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, 5.8 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 — 27468/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27468/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27468/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27468/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27468
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27052
  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
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny18296 km SE64541.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Heuchin62177 km NE48247.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Conflans-sur-Lanterne70435 km E56458.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Préty71436 km SE58242.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Liart08269 km E58549.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 68 %
Senarpont80103 km NE62348.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Senarpont80103 km NE62348.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Heuchin62177 km NE48247.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Liart08269 km E58549.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 68 %
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny18296 km SE64541.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Conflans-sur-Lanterne70435 km E56458.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Préty71436 km SE58242.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Pont-Authou'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
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny18296 km SE64541.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Heudebouville2739 km E82150.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mouzay55328 km E65139Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Athies80178 km NE61441.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-au-Bouin37188 km S72742.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Cuts60177 km E94953.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %