Criel-sur-Mer

Seine-Maritime · CC des Villes Soeurs · INSEE 76192

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

Partly served 49.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Criel-sur-Mer (INSEE 76192) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC des Villes Soeurs. Population 2,527 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/76192-criel-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 8,186 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.68	20	13.63
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.31
Housing mix	0.12	5	0.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LA PLAGE · STESSY&DOROTHEE GAUDRY). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GARIN GILDA · AU BONHEUR DES PAPILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (HDEM). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (POUR KOI'PAS · LE COQ HARDI · AU GRE DES VENTS · ELISA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SULKY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE L'ECOL'YERES). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LORETA LIPAN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE GENDARME, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN MERCHEZ-SPAIUC, MÉDECIN · KENNY LEGROS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PONT DE L YERES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE CÉCILE DUBOST-PISSARD DE CRIEL SUR MER). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (TERRAINS DE JEU DE MESNIL VAL PLAGE · TERRAINS DE JEU DE CRIEL PLAGE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIF · MICHEL ANNE CHARLOTTE · LE SALON · SARL NEW LOOK). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hotel (LE ROYAL ALBION HÔTEL · HOSTELLERIE DE LA VIEILLE FERME · HOTEL LES GALETS). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING LE VAL D'ALBION · CAMPING LE MONT JOLI BOIS · CAMPING LES MOUETTES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE DE LA PLAGE · STESSY&DOROTHEE GAUDRY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	GARIN GILDA · AU BONHEUR DES PAPILLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	HDEM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	POUR KOI'PAS · LE COQ HARDI · AU GRE DES VENTS · ELISA	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SULKY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE L'ECOL'YERES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	LORETA LIPAN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE GENDARME, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN MERCHEZ-SPAIUC, MÉDECIN · KENNY LEGROS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU PONT DE L YERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE CÉCILE DUBOST-PISSARD DE CRIEL SUR MER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	2	TERRAINS DE JEU DE MESNIL VAL PLAGE · TERRAINS DE JEU DE CRIEL PLAGE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	CREA'TIF · MICHEL ANNE CHARLOTTE · LE SALON · SARL NEW LOOK	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	3	LE ROYAL ALBION HÔTEL · HOSTELLERIE DE LA VIEILLE FERME · HOTEL LES GALETS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING LE VAL D'ALBION · CAMPING LE MONT JOLI BOIS · CAMPING LES MOUETTES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,927 peak 2012: 2,764 2023: 2,527 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,764 (2012) → 2,527 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,452 (1990) → 2,527 (2023): 3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,575, of which 43.8 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Criel-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Criel-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Criel-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Criel-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Criel-sur-Mer): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 34.1

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the EU weather station, 8.8 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at DIEPPE, 18.7 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARTIN, 8.5 km away at 144 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76192/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76192/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76192/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76192/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76192
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
Le Palais	56	443 km SW	2,599	73.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	470 km SW	2,483	65.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Vendres	34	764 km S	2,616	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	137 km SW	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Trébeurden	22	380 km W	3,821	47	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	823 km SE	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	137 km SW	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Trébeurden	22	380 km W	3,821	47	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Le Palais	56	443 km SW	2,599	73.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	470 km SW	2,483	65.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Vendres	34	764 km S	2,616	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	823 km SE	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Criel-sur-Mer'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	137 km SW	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	29 km NE	2,306	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Ambon	56	394 km SW	2,101	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bouin	85	417 km SW	2,205	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Josselin	56	363 km SW	2,584	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Caulnes	22	317 km SW	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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