Mélamare
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mélamare (INSEE 76421) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CA Caux Seine Agglo. Population 938 (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/76421-melamare
Vitality score
Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 47 % of the 14,718 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.31 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.73 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE P'TIT ET CLAIRE). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME DE LA BROCHE A ROTIR · MAISON MONNAIE SARL). [3,4]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (WAHID CHERMITI, MÉDECIN · MESSAOUD FERDJANI, MÉDECIN). [3]
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE P'TIT ET CLAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | LA FERME DE LA BROCHE A ROTIR · MAISON MONNAIE SARL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | WAHID CHERMITI, MÉDECIN · MESSAOUD FERDJANI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 796 (2012) → 938 (2023): 17.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 762 (1990) → 938 (2023): 23.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 376, of which 2.7 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mélamare): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mélamare): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Mélamare): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Gruchet-le-Valasse): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the GODERVILLE weather station, 13.1 km away at 118 m; the village itself is at 121 m. [11]
An average of 1,088 mm of rain a year, spread over 156 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BOLBEC, 4.9 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76421
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76329
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76556
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laroin | 64 | 696 km S | 1,030 | 39.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 82 % |
| Moulins-sur-Tardoire | 16 | 429 km S | 821 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 % |
| Mittainvilliers-Vérigny | 28 | 131 km SE | 801 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Folleville | 76 | 4.3 km E | 785 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 % |
| Montigny-Lengrain | 02 | 192 km E | 674 | 22.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 % |
| Malauzat | 63 | 454 km SE | 1,160 | 29.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Folleville | 76 | 4.3 km E | 785 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 % |
| Mittainvilliers-Vérigny | 28 | 131 km SE | 801 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 % |
| Montigny-Lengrain | 02 | 192 km E | 674 | 22.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 % |
| Moulins-sur-Tardoire | 16 | 429 km S | 821 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 % |
| Malauzat | 63 | 454 km SE | 1,160 | 29.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 % |
| Laroin | 64 | 696 km S | 1,030 | 39.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 82 % |
Elsewhere
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