Vivant· Is the village alive?

Avesnes-en-Val

Seine-Maritime · CC Falaises du Talou · INSEE 76049

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

No daily shops 16.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avesnes-en-Val (INSEE 76049) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Falaises du Talou. Population 261 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/76049-avesnes-en-val

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 17,386 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 trend0.4103.97
Housing mix0.753.49

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 406 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 264 (2012) → 261 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 291 (1990) → 261 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 146, of which 15.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.1 km SE (Fresnoy-Folny)GP — 5.3 km NW (Petit-Caux)Food shop — 6.6 km E (Grandcourt)Pharmacy — 9.7 km S (Londinières)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km SEGP — 5.3 km NWFood shop — 6.6 km EPharmacy — 9.7 km S 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 (Fresnoy-Folny): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Grandcourt): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Petit-Caux): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Londinières): 9.7 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Avesnes-en-Val): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [12]

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the EU weather station, 15.4 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 109 m. [13]

The village sits 96 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. [13]

An average of 1,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARTIN, 4.1 km away at 144 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76049/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76049/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76049/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76049/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76286
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76320
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76618
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76392
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76049
  13. 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
Anan31731 km S26718.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 97 %
Fouleix24552 km S27723.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 70 %
Chavin36374 km S27016.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Charleville51205 km SE26222.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Luzé37330 km S27617.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 100 %
Ratières26591 km SE27521.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 61 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charleville51205 km SE26222.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Luzé37330 km S27617.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 100 %
Chavin36374 km S27016.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Fouleix24552 km S27723.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 70 %
Ratières26591 km SE27521.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 61 %
Anan31731 km S26718.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 97 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →