Bures-en-Bray

Identity

Bures-en-Bray (INSEE 76148) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC de Londinières. Population 302 (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/76148-bures-en-bray

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,879 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.

Services

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BURES EN BRAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BURES EN BRAY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 326 (2012) → 302 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 302 (2023): -5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 154, of which 5.8 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bully): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mesnières-en-Bray): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Londinières): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Londinières): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mesnières-en-Bray): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOUELLES weather station, 13.1 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[11]

The village sits 165 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOUELLES, 13.1 km away at 232 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 165 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 982 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARDOUVAL, 5.7 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 133,000 € — 1,211 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Seine-Maritime is 1,803 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76148/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76148/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76148/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76148/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76147
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76427
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76392
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025