Morville-le-Héron

Identity

Morville-le-Héron (INSEE 76455) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC des Quatre Rivières en Bray. Population 538 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Le Héron (76358). ^[3]

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/76455-morville-le-heron

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 17,562 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MORVILLE SUR ANDELLE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MORVILLE SUR ANDELLE). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 533 (2012) → 538 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 409 (1990) → 538 (2023): 31.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 4.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Elbeuf-sur-Andelle): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ry): 6.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Croisy-sur-Andelle): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Croisy-sur-Andelle): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Elbeuf-sur-Andelle): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-OUEN_SAPC weather station, 6.9 km away at 197 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[12]

The village sits 110 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. ^[12]

An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-OUEN_SAPC, 6.9 km away at 197 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 169,050 € — 1,009 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Seine-Maritime is 1,803 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76455/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76455/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76455/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76455/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76230
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76548
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76201
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025