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Épreville

Seine-Maritime · CA Fécamp Caux Littoral Agglomération · INSEE 76240

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épreville (INSEE 76240) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CA Fécamp Caux Littoral Agglomération. Population 1,084 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/76240-epreville

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 13,841 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.39207.87
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LES HAUTES FALAISES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT DE L'EGLISE). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE BÉATE MARTIN D'EPREVILLE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE SPORTIF). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CAROLE COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Restaurant1RESTAURANT LES HAUTES FALAISESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE BISTROT DE L'EGLISEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE BÉATE MARTIN D'EPREVILLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1ESPACE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CAROLE COIFFUREINSEE 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: 564 2023: 1,084 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,049 (2012) → 1,084 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 645 (1990) → 1,084 (2023): 68.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 459, of which 2.2 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.1 km N (Saint-Léonard)GP — 4.0 km N (Fécamp)Pharmacy — 4.4 km N (Fécamp)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km NGP — 4.0 km NPharmacy — 4.4 km N 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 (Épreville): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Léonard): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Fécamp): 4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Fécamp): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Épreville): 0.4 km to the south (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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the FECAMP weather station, 6.6 km away at 104 m; the village itself is at 118 m. [11]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at FECAMP, 6.6 km away at 104 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 — 76240/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76240/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76240/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76240/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76240
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76600
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76259
  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
Fournès30719 km SE1,04738.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Itancourt02214 km E99942Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Sevrey71468 km SE1,20134.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 66 %
Vimory45259 km SE1,09933Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 50 %
Poligné35252 km SW1,26139.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Roisey42579 km SE1,01435.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 41 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Itancourt02214 km E99942Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Poligné35252 km SW1,26139.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Vimory45259 km SE1,09933Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 50 %
Sevrey71468 km SE1,20134.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 66 %
Roisey42579 km SE1,01435.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 41 %
Fournès30719 km SE1,04738.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %

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