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Biville-la-Baignarde

Seine-Maritime · CC Terroir de Caux · INSEE 76096

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biville-la-Baignarde (INSEE 76096) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Terroir de Caux. Population 661 (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/76096-biville-la-baignarde

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 44 % of the 16,656 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.71107.06
Housing mix0.9354.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RAN THAI). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE MALLET). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1RAN THAIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE MALLETINSEE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 542 2023: 661 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 647 (2012) → 661 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 548 (1990) → 661 (2023): 20.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 290, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.2 km E (Val-de-Scie)Bakery — 3.7 km E (Val-de-Scie)Pharmacy — 3.7 km E (Val-de-Scie)GP — 3.8 km E (Val-de-Scie)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km EBakery — 3.7 km EPharmacy — 3.7 km EGP — 3.8 km E 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 (Val-de-Scie): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Val-de-Scie): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Val-de-Scie): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Val-de-Scie): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Biville-la-Baignarde): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ECTOT LES BAONS weather station, 18.6 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 132 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ECTOT LES BAONS, 18.6 km away at 150 m, over 20 summers. [10]

An average of 1,074 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at YERVILLE, 12 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 180,000 € — 973 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Seine-Maritime is 1,803 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76096/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76096/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76096/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76096/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76034
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76096
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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
Fienvillers8095 km NE66329.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Domptin02179 km SE65432.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Auradé32684 km S67932.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Cursan33557 km S66331.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Carly62114 km NE63833.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Étréville2748 km SW65133.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Étréville2748 km SW65133.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fienvillers8095 km NE66329.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Carly62114 km NE63833.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Domptin02179 km SE65432.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cursan33557 km S66331.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Auradé32684 km S67932.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Biville-la-Baignarde'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
Fienvillers8095 km NE66329.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Carly62114 km NE63833.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Étréville2748 km SW65133.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villequier-Aumont02155 km E68427.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monthuchon50192 km W70530.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vallangoujard95100 km SE62527.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %