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Paluel

Seine-Maritime · CC de la Côte d'Albâtre · INSEE 76493

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

No daily shops 16.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Paluel (INSEE 76493) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC de la Côte d'Albâtre. Population 406 (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/76493-paluel

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 17,989 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.56105.6
Housing mix0.451.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES CYGNES). [3]

1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DE BERTHEAUVILLE - PETIT HÔTEL DU CHÂTEAU). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES CYGNESINSEE 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 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]
Hotel1DOMAINE DE BERTHEAUVILLE - PETIT HÔTEL DU CHÂTEAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 389 peak 2012: 457 2023: 406 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 457 (2012) → 406 (2023): -11.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 383 (1990) → 406 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 308, of which 30.2 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.6 km S (Vittefleur)Food shop — 4.5 km S (Cany-Barville)GP — 5.0 km S (Cany-Barville)Pharmacy — 5.0 km S (Cany-Barville)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km SFood shop — 4.5 km SGP — 5.0 km SPharmacy — 5.0 km S 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 (Vittefleur): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cany-Barville): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Cany-Barville): 5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Cany-Barville): 5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Paluel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76493/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76493/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76493/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76493/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76748
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76159
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76493

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
Calès24554 km S36919.1No daily shopsno figures
Gueutteville-les-Grès768.9 km E36316.9No daily shopsno figures
Agos-Vidalos65758 km S39120.3Few servicesno figures
Anglars-Nozac46564 km S40021.7Few servicesno figures
Saint-Marc-à-Frongier23448 km S42817No daily shopsno figures
Presle73638 km SE42421.6Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gueutteville-les-Grès768.9 km E36316.9No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Marc-à-Frongier23448 km S42817No daily shopsno figures
Calès24554 km S36919.1No daily shopsno figures
Anglars-Nozac46564 km S40021.7Few servicesno figures
Presle73638 km SE42421.6Few servicesno figures
Agos-Vidalos65758 km S39120.3Few servicesno figures

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