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Bihorel

Seine-Maritime · Métropole Rouen Normandie · INSEE 76095

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

Served 66.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bihorel (INSEE 76095) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of Métropole Rouen Normandie. Population 8,316 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [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/76095-bihorel

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 90 % of the 2,940 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 food0.72517.47
Social0.72013.92
Education0.83108.26
Health0.73107.32
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.39103.89
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

11 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL ARTHUR · AUX CAPRICES D ELOISE · MAISON VILAIN ET FILS DEPUIS 1989 · FANNY ARTISAN PATISSIER · AUX CHAMPS DE BLE). [3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAVOUREUX · LA BOUCHERIE DU VILLAGE · MAISON H). [3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SANAC · AYAB MARKET · PANIER FRAIS). [3,4]

3 × Supermarket (CHAMPION · CARREFOUR CITY · SUPER U). [3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LE KENNEDY · SARL LE BRUN · L'ARRET FOOD · AU FLAUBERT · L'ARRET PIZZA). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA CAROTTE · LE CYRANO). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MACE · ECOLE MATERNELLE RENE COTY). [3]

7 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LARPIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGES MELIES · ECOLE ELEMENAIRE CLAUDIE HAIGNERE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JEAN BOSCO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES ANGES). [3]

3 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LE GLOBE COLORE · COLLEGE JULES MICHELET · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE VICTRICE). [3]

11 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ARNAUD CORDIER, MÉDECIN · JACQUES LIBOUREL, MÉDECIN · THIBAUT DRIEU, MÉDECIN · FANNY PLANTAZ, MÉDECIN · MARC JOAQUIM, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Pharmacy (S A R L PHARMACIE AUX VIPERES D OR · PHARMACIE KENNEDY · SELARL PHARMACIE LEFEVRE SCELLES). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL MARECHAL LECLERC · COMPLEXE GEORGES HEBERT). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST). [3]

7 × Hairdresser (L HAIR DU TEMPS · ESPACE COIFFURE ANGELIQUE CHOPIN · LES DROLES DE DAMES · CR ARTISAN COIFFEUR · HAIR AU CARRE). [3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 4 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Library. [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)11SARL ARTHUR · AUX CAPRICES D ELOISE · MAISON VILAIN ET FILS DEPUIS 1989 · FANNY ARTISAN PATISSIER · AUX CHAMPS DE BLEINSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)4SAVOUREUX · LA BOUCHERIE DU VILLAGE · MAISON HINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)3SANAC · AYAB MARKET · PANIER FRAISINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket3CHAMPION · CARREFOUR CITY · SUPER UINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant8LE KENNEDY · SARL LE BRUN · L'ARRET FOOD · AU FLAUBERT · L'ARRET PIZZAINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Café / bar3LA CAROTTE · LE CYRANOINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MACE · ECOLE MATERNELLE RENE COTYINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)7ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LARPIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGES MELIES · ECOLE ELEMENAIRE CLAUDIE HAIGNERE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JEAN BOSCO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES ANGESINSEE BPE 7 [3]
Collège3ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LE GLOBE COLORE · COLLEGE JULES MICHELET · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE VICTRICEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)11ARNAUD CORDIER, MÉDECIN · JACQUES LIBOUREL, MÉDECIN · THIBAUT DRIEU, MÉDECIN · FANNY PLANTAZ, MÉDECIN · MARC JOAQUIM, MÉDECININSEE BPE 11 [3]
Pharmacy3S A R L PHARMACIE AUX VIPERES D OR · PHARMACIE KENNEDY · SELARL PHARMACIE LEFEVRE SCELLESINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2STADE MUNICIPAL MARECHAL LECLERC · COMPLEXE GEORGES HEBERTINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUESTINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser7L HAIR DU TEMPS · ESPACE COIFFURE ANGELIQUE CHOPIN · LES DROLES DE DAMES · CR ARTISAN COIFFEUR · HAIR AU CARREINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station3STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 7,009 peak 1982: 10,121 2023: 8,316 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 8,268 (2012) → 8,316 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 9,358 (1990) → 8,316 (2023): -11.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,447, of which 1.1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km NE (Bihorel)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km NE 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 (Bihorel): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bihorel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bihorel): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bihorel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bihorel): 0.1 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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ROUEN - JARDIN weather station, 4.5 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 147 m. [9]

The village sits 126 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ROUEN-BOOS, 8.5 km away at 156 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 890 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ROUEN - JATTE, 0.9 km away at 63 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76095/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76095/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76095/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76095/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76095
  9. 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
Le Mesnil-Esnard765.0 km S8,17756.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vaucresson92102 km SE8,43257.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Essey-lès-Nancy54381 km E8,67070.2ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Cébazat63430 km S8,95362.9ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Grabels34677 km S9,09261.7ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Launaguet31643 km S9,17363.9ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Mesnil-Esnard765.0 km S8,17756.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vaucresson92102 km SE8,43257.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Essey-lès-Nancy54381 km E8,67070.2ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Cébazat63430 km S8,95362.9ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Launaguet31643 km S9,17363.9ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Grabels34677 km S9,09261.7ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Bihorel'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
Vaucresson92102 km SE8,43257.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gournay-sur-Marne93125 km SE7,32052.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saulve59202 km NE10,94743.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Wambrechies59195 km NE11,01253.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Groslay95103 km SE8,45368.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Paray-Vieille-Poste91123 km SE8,20263.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %