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Fresles

Seine-Maritime · CC Bray-Eawy · INSEE 76283

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fresles (INSEE 76283) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Bray-Eawy. Population 222 (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/76283-fresles

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 16,630 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.84108.37
Housing mix0.8354.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 186 peak 2012: 238 2023: 222 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 238 (2012) → 222 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 166 (1990) → 222 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 104, of which 8.7 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.2 km SE (Bully)Primary school — 2.3 km SE (Bully)Food shop — 2.5 km NE (Mesnières-en-Bray)GP — 6.5 km E (Neufchâtel-en-Bray)Pharmacy — 6.8 km E (Neufchâtel-en-Bray)
Bakery — 2.2 km SEPrimary school — 2.3 km SEFood shop — 2.5 km NEGP — 6.5 km EPharmacy — 6.8 km E 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 (Bully): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mesnières-en-Bray): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Neufchâtel-en-Bray): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Neufchâtel-en-Bray): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Bully): 2.3 km to the south-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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BOUELLES weather station, 11.1 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 123 m. [11]

The village sits 109 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, 11.1 km away at 232 m, over 19 summers. [11]

That station sits 109 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, 5.5 km away at 180 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 — 76283/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76283/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76283/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76283/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76147
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76427
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76462
  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
Moriers28170 km S22313.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-le-Colonel26606 km SE22416.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Loubert33588 km S22416.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle8029 km E22414.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvray-Catillon7621 km SE22311.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Avoine61159 km SW21910.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rouvray-Catillon7621 km SE22311.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle8029 km E22414.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Avoine61159 km SW21910.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Moriers28170 km S22313.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loubert33588 km S22416.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Martin-le-Colonel26606 km SE22416.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Fresles'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fourches14143 km SW21516.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-sous-Bailly7618 km N22115.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Érin6299 km NE22115.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Arganchy14160 km W22010.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Prétot-Vicquemare7636 km W22816.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Canteloup50195 km W22013No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %