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Mélamare

Seine-Maritime · CA Caux Seine Agglo · INSEE 76421

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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.52512.47
Social0200
Education0100
Health0.43104.32
Public & culture050
Population trend0.73107.31
Housing mix0.9554.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 1 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”.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE P'TIT ET CLAIREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2LA FERME DE LA BROCHE A ROTIR · MAISON MONNAIE SARLINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)2WAHID CHERMITI, MÉDECIN · MESSAOUD FERDJANI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [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: 432 2023: 938 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

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

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.7 km E (Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt)Pharmacy — 3.2 km NE (Gruchet-le-Valasse)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 1.7 km EPharmacy — 3.2 km NE 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 (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

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 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76421/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76421
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76329
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76556
  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
Laroin64696 km S1,03039.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 82 %
Moulins-sur-Tardoire16429 km S82120.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 %
Mittainvilliers-Vérigny28131 km SE80122.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Jean-de-Folleville764.3 km E78518.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Montigny-Lengrain02192 km E67422.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Malauzat63454 km SE1,16029.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jean-de-Folleville764.3 km E78518.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Mittainvilliers-Vérigny28131 km SE80122.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Montigny-Lengrain02192 km E67422.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Moulins-sur-Tardoire16429 km S82120.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 %
Malauzat63454 km SE1,16029.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Laroin64696 km S1,03039.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 82 %

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