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Arelaune-en-Seine

Seine-Maritime · CA Caux Seine Agglo · INSEE 76401

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

Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arelaune-en-Seine (INSEE 76401) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CA Caux Seine Agglo. Population 2,546 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit (76625). [3]

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/76401-arelaune-en-seine

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 8,144 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 food0.472511.83
Social0.592011.7
Education0.63106.32
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.59105.87
Housing mix0.9354.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 1 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. [4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX 3 BOUT CHOUX · SENSATION). [4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ROUEN BOYAUX). [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NEW GENERATION SHOP). [4,5]

3 × Restaurant (FERRAND-PERROT · RESTAURANT LA PRESQU'ILE · PIZZ'BURGER). [4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE CANON DE LA MAILLERAYE). [5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE D'ARELAUNE). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS BIGNON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA MARE JOUENNE). [4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE DORE, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE SAGEOT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE LAPORTE-TAZROUT, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE BROTONNE). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LA MAILLERAYE/ARELAUNE EN SEINE COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES CAUX SEINE AGGLO). [4]

2 × Hairdresser (IMAGINA'TIF · CHRYSTELE COIFFURE). [4,5]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2AUX 3 BOUT CHOUX · SENSATIONINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)1ROUEN BOYAUXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1NEW GENERATION SHOPINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant3FERRAND-PERROT · RESTAURANT LA PRESQU'ILE · PIZZ'BURGERINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar1LE CANON DE LA MAILLERAYEINSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE D'ARELAUNEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS BIGNON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA MARE JOUENNEINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)3PHILIPPE DORE, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE SAGEOT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE LAPORTE-TAZROUT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy1SELARL PHARMACIE DE BROTONNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LA MAILLERAYE/ARELAUNE EN SEINE COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES CAUX SEINE AGGLOINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser2IMAGINA'TIF · CHRYSTELE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,877 peak 2012: 2,599 2023: 2,546 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,599 (2012) → 2,546 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 2,343 (1990) → 2,546 (2023): 8.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,276, of which 3.3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Arelaune-en-Seine): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Arelaune-en-Seine): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Arelaune-en-Seine): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Arelaune-en-Seine): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Arelaune-en-Seine): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT weather station, 1.4 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 12 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT, 1.4 km away at 4 m, over 19 summers. [10]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT, 1.4 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76401/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76401/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76401/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76401/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76401
  10. 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
Bagard30651 km SE2,60562.8ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Toury28167 km SE2,64057.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Puy-Guillaume63441 km SE2,63065.1ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Goncelin38604 km SE2,40056.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Pargoire34695 km S2,50168.6ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Agnant17423 km S2,78059.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Toury28167 km SE2,64057.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnant17423 km S2,78059.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Puy-Guillaume63441 km SE2,63065.1ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Goncelin38604 km SE2,40056.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %
Bagard30651 km SE2,60562.8ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pargoire34695 km S2,50168.6ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Arelaune-en-Seine'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
Izeaux38579 km SE2,13452.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Genest-Saint-Isle53196 km SW2,16650.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Yvi29384 km SW3,43144.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Orgerus7898 km SE2,48949.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sens-de-Bretagne35212 km SW2,59259.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-d'Outillé72182 km S2,48346.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %