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Belbeuf

Seine-Maritime · Métropole Rouen Normandie · INSEE 76069

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

Partly served 55.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belbeuf (INSEE 76069) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of Métropole Rouen Normandie. Population 2,264 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/76069-belbeuf

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 8,799 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 food0.39259.75
Social0.72014.09
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.83108.35
Housing mix0.9954.96

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 2 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE BELBEUF · SAUVEUR ARTISAN PATISSIER CHOCOLATIER · VEGECAKES NORMANDIE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AVL). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PETIT POIS & DELI · SUSHI Z). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar. [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE AUVRAY, MÉDECIN · CLOTILDE SETIN, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BELBEUF). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BELBEUF). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE GALILEE · HALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ESCALE COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3LE FOURNIL DE BELBEUF · SAUVEUR ARTISAN PATISSIER CHOCOLATIER · VEGECAKES NORMANDIEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1AVLINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2PETIT POIS & DELI · SUSHI ZINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar3INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE MAURICE GENEVOIXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2LAURENCE AUVRAY, MÉDECIN · CLOTILDE SETIN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE BELBEUFINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BELBEUFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2LYCEE GALILEE · HALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1L'ESCALE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,240 2023: 2,264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,951 (2012) → 2,264 (2023): 16 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,696 (1990) → 2,264 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,010, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.7 km NE (Belbeuf)Food shop — 1.7 km NE (Belbeuf)Pharmacy — 2.5 km N (Le Mesnil-Esnard)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.7 km NEFood shop — 1.7 km NEPharmacy — 2.5 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 (Belbeuf): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Belbeuf): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Belbeuf): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Le Mesnil-Esnard): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Belbeuf): 0.2 km to the south-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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ROUEN-BOOS weather station, 2.8 km away at 156 m; the village itself is at 139 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ROUEN-BOOS, 2.8 km away at 156 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ROUEN-BOOS, 2.8 km away at 156 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 — 76069/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76069/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76069/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76069/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76069
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76429
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Hesdin-l'Abbé62148 km N1,89139Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Morancé69471 km SE2,26151.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Cénac33527 km S2,19544.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom63412 km S2,11061.6ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Tréméven29381 km SW2,40245.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Cantenay-Épinard49242 km SW2,41559.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hesdin-l'Abbé62148 km N1,89139Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Cantenay-Épinard49242 km SW2,41559.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Tréméven29381 km SW2,40245.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom63412 km S2,11061.6ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Morancé69471 km SE2,26151.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Cénac33527 km S2,19544.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · 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 Belbeuf'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
Frelinghien59195 km NE2,60949.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marpent59234 km NE2,65350Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rumegies59200 km NE1,72254.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Corbehem62173 km NE2,25841.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin72167 km SW2,25664.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monchy-Saint-Éloi6096 km E2,15542.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %