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Moulineaux

Seine-Maritime · Métropole Rouen Normandie · INSEE 76457

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moulineaux (INSEE 76457) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of Métropole Rouen Normandie. Population 954 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/76457-moulineaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 71 % of the 14,605 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
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.7107.05
Housing mix0.9454.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HOUSE PIZZA · CHEZ TATA CARO). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CLAUDE MONET). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE LE TRIVIDIC). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOULINEAUX AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MOULINEAUX). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LILY COIF'). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2HOUSE PIZZA · CHEZ TATA CAROINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE CLAUDE MONETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE LE TRIVIDICINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1MOULINEAUX APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MOULINEAUXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LILY COIF'INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 843 peak 1975: 973 2023: 954 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 929 (2012) → 954 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 792 (1990) → 954 (2023): 20.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 452, of which 3.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 2.1 km E (Grand-Couronne)Bakery — 2.2 km E (Grand-Couronne)GP — 2.3 km E (Grand-Couronne)Food shop — 2.5 km NW (Sahurs)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 2.1 km EBakery — 2.2 km EGP — 2.3 km EFood shop — 2.5 km NW 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 (Grand-Couronne): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sahurs): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Grand-Couronne): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Grand-Couronne): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Moulineaux): 0 km to the north-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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ROUEN - JARDIN weather station, 12 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 22 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ROUEN-BOOS, 16.3 km away at 156 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 134 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 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ROUEN - JARDIN, 12 km away at 21 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76457/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76457/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76457/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76457/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76319
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76550
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76457
  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
Trémery57381 km E96551.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Moigny-sur-École91149 km SE1,29435Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf73576 km SE90145.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Athis51233 km E88544.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
La Bastidonne84719 km SE92945.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Antigny85329 km SW1,02729.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Moigny-sur-École91149 km SE1,29435Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Athis51233 km E88544.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Antigny85329 km SW1,02729.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Trémery57381 km E96551.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Châteauneuf73576 km SE90145.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
La Bastidonne84719 km SE92945.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 45 % · 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 Moulineaux'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
Antigny85329 km SW1,02729.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-Aubry95109 km E91452.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Plaine49279 km SW1,01837.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rethondes60143 km E64741Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Langon85353 km SW1,04543.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nuaillé49282 km SW1,45932.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %