Bellencombre

Seine-Maritime · CC Bray-Eawy · INSEE 76070

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellencombre (INSEE 76070) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Bray-Eawy. Population 564 (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/76070-bellencombre

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,408 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.38	10	3.84
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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) (BOULANGERIE DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE BELLENCOMBRE · HOTEL DE DIEPPE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELLENCOMBRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BELLENCOMBRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SHAIRCOIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE BELLENCOMBRE · HOTEL DE DIEPPE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DAVID DOUILLET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BELLENCOMBRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BELLENCOMBRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	SHAIRCOIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 654 peak 2012: 692 2023: 564 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 692 (2012) → 564 (2023): -18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 638 (1990) → 564 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 6.1 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.7 km NFood shop — 5.0 km NEGP — 5.1 km SEPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Bellencombre): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ardouval): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Saëns): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Saëns): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bellencombre): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 37.3

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUCHY weather station, 16.5 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[11]

The village sits 119 m below 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-SAENS, 4 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76070/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76070/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76070/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76070/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76648
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	38 km E	583	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	132 km E	593	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 92 %
Abancourt	60	39 km E	569	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Villers	42	457 km SE	602	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %
Caussens	32	644 km S	598	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Challonges	74	535 km SE	610	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	38 km E	583	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Abancourt	60	39 km E	569	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	132 km E	593	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 92 %
Villers	42	457 km SE	602	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %
Challonges	74	535 km SE	610	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %
Caussens	32	644 km S	598	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %

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