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Saint-Maclou

Eure · CC du Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville · INSEE 27561

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

Partly served 46.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maclou (INSEE 27561) is in Eure (27), part of CC du Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville. Population 680 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/27561-saint-maclou

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 16,533 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.98109.85
Housing mix0.8154.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 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 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) (AU COEUR DU PAINN). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LEVILLAIN). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA ROCKET). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)1AU COEUR DU PAINNINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE LEVILLAININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2PIZZA ROCKETINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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]
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]
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: 276 2023: 680 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 581 (2012) → 680 (2023): 17 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 458 (1990) → 680 (2023): 48.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 344, of which 9.6 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 5.0 km SW (Beuzeville)Pharmacy — 5.2 km SW (Beuzeville)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 5.2 km SW 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 (Saint-Maclou): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Maclou): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Beuzeville): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Beuzeville): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Maclou): 0.1 km to the north-west (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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BOULLEVILLE weather station, 1.3 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 115 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at BOULLEVILLE, 1.3 km away at 122 m, over 20 summers. [10]

An average of 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BOULLEVILLE, 1.3 km away at 122 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 — 27561/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27561/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27561/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27561/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27561
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27065
  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
Muhlbach-sur-Bruche67512 km E68336.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Cormenon41159 km S67931.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villevieux39476 km SE70532.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Soultzbach-les-Bains68520 km E73134.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Ferrette68549 km E64050.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin77166 km E59539.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cormenon41159 km S67931.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin77166 km E59539.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Villevieux39476 km SE70532.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Muhlbach-sur-Bruche67512 km E68336.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Soultzbach-les-Bains68520 km E73134.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Ferrette68549 km E64050.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Saint-Maclou'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
Urville1464 km SW77938.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gruchet-Saint-Siméon7661 km NE68224.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Landec22216 km SW76131.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Oxelaëre59216 km NE54041.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Banville1466 km W79722.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hondeghem59216 km NE91645.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %