Fontenay

Seine-Maritime · CU Le Havre Seine Métropole · INSEE 76275

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

Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenay (INSEE 76275) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CU Le Havre Seine Métropole. Population 1,766 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/76275-fontenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 10,439 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DAVID MANAC H). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE THOMAS PESQUET). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE BERNARD LESUEUR). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L ART DE PL HAIR). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DAVID MANAC H	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE THOMAS PESQUET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE BERNARD LESUEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L ART DE PL HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 324 2023: 1,766 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,035 (2012) → 1,766 (2023): 70.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,123 (1990) → 1,766 (2023): 57.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 665, of which 1.7 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km SEFood shop — 1.2 km SWGP — 1.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.1 km S 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 (Fontenay): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montivilliers): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montivilliers): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montivilliers): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fontenay): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.6

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the OCTEVILLE weather station, 7.4 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at OCTEVILLE, 7.4 km away at 90 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,087 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at HERMEVILLE, 7 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76275/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76275/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76275/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76275/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76275
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76447
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
Courmelles	02	227 km E	1,808	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Rogerville	76	8.9 km SE	1,734	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Celle-sur-Morin	77	219 km E	1,235	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pavace	72	170 km S	2,007	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Grainville-sur-Odon	14	70 km SW	1,105	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Réau	77	207 km SE	2,127	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rogerville	76	8.9 km SE	1,734	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Grainville-sur-Odon	14	70 km SW	1,105	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pavace	72	170 km S	2,007	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Réau	77	207 km SE	2,127	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
La Celle-sur-Morin	77	219 km E	1,235	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Courmelles	02	227 km E	1,808	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Fontenay'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
Rogerville	76	8.9 km SE	1,734	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Grainville-sur-Odon	14	70 km SW	1,105	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cambes-en-Plaine	14	55 km SW	1,830	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Manoir	76	5.2 km SE	1,555	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sotteville-sous-le-Val	76	73 km E	812	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pencran	29	346 km W	2,234	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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