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Critot

Seine-Maritime · CC Bray-Eawy · INSEE 76200

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Critot (INSEE 76200) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Bray-Eawy. Population 544 (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/76200-critot

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,545 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.68106.77
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE FRANCIS SÉNÉCAL). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (COULEURS VIVES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE FRANCIS SÉNÉCALINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1COULEURS VIVESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 233 2023: 544 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 506 (2012) → 544 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 462 (1990) → 544 (2023): 17.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 1.3 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 0.7 km W (Critot)GP — 3.4 km SW (Cailly)Pharmacy — 3.7 km SW (Cailly)Food shop — 5.7 km W (Bosc-le-Hard)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km WGP — 3.4 km SWPharmacy — 3.7 km SWFood shop — 5.7 km W 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 (Critot): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bosc-le-Hard): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Cailly): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Cailly): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Critot): 0 km to the north-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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BUCHY weather station, 8.4 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 176 m. [11]

An average of 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BOSC, 6.1 km away at 163 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76200/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76200/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76200/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76200/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76200
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76125
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76152
  11. 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
Sainte-Sévère16443 km S51927.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Liniers86338 km S59128.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Éloi01502 km SE52526Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 82 %
Labastide-Cézéracq64706 km S58426Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %
Mœuvres59144 km NE49022.1Few servicesno figures
Agnez-lès-Duisans62127 km NE62134.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Agnez-lès-Duisans62127 km NE62134.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Mœuvres59144 km NE49022.1Few servicesno figures
Liniers86338 km S59128.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Sainte-Sévère16443 km S51927.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Éloi01502 km SE52526Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 82 %
Labastide-Cézéracq64706 km S58426Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %

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