Rouen
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 93/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rouen (INSEE 76540) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of Métropole Rouen Normandie. Population 117,662 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/76540-rouen
Vitality score
Vitality score 93/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 139 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 | 0.99 | 25 | 24.71 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Education | 0.99 | 10 | 9.89 |
| Health | 0.99 | 10 | 9.87 |
| Public & culture | 0.7 | 5 | 3.52 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.45 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
93 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ATELIER DU CHOCOLAT · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE JULLIEN · MALTA · CHOCOLATS HAUTOT · BOULANGERIE BASTIEN). [3,4]
27 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DES HALLES · BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · BOUCHERIE SAINT CLEMENT · BOUCHERIE AU CHAROLAIS). [3,4]
65 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ADDOUZENE MOULOUD · CORSAIRE · COCCIMARKET · S.C.D.B · A L HEURE DU THE). [3,4]
33 × Supermarket (DISTRIBUTION SAINT MARC · LIDL · CARREFOUR EXPRESS · INTERMARCHE · SOCIETE DES MAGASINS ECONOMIQUES DE ROUEN SOMER). [3,4]
2 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (TOUT UN FROMAGE... · FROMAGERIE HUBERT). [4]
5 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE DES HALLES · E.V.N · POISSONNERIE SAINT-MARC · GOSO ECAILLERIE ROUENNAISE · ALLO-POISSONS). [3,4]
616 × Restaurant (LES POELEES · PASCALINE RESTAURANTS SA · LA BRIOCHE DOREE · O'KALLAGHAN'S). [3,4]
219 × Café / bar (LE FARFELU · LE RALLYE · L'ECRAN NOIR · SNUG · COCOON). [4]
24 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GUILLAUME LION · ECOLE MATERNELLE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MAURICE NIBELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PAULINE KERGOMARD · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE HOUDEMARE). [3]
36 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEANNE HACHETTE ET ANDRE POTTIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BIMOREL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIE HOUDEMARE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE THEODORE BACHELET). [3]
14 × Collège (COLLEGE BOIELDIEU · COLLEGE JEAN LECANUET · COLLEGE CAMILLE CLAUDEL · COLLEGE GEORGES BRAQUE · COLLEGE FONTENELLE). [3]
157 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL PILLU, MÉDECIN · ALICE RICHARD DUMOULIN, MÉDECIN · SOLINE LINHART, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE SAINT-DENIS, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS HOULETTE, MÉDECIN). [3]
29 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA GARE · LA GRANDE PHARMACIE · PHARMACIE DES FAIENCIERS · PHARMACIE DE LA PREFECTURE · PHARMACIE GUIAKORA BINGUI). [3,4]
12 × Post office / agence postale (ROUEN MONT RIBOUDET RP · ROUEN PALAIS RP · ROUEN HOTEL DE VILLE RP · ROUEN GRIEU STAR ALIMENTATION RP · LA POSTE). [3]
8 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA GRAND'MARE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR PÔLE CULTUREL GRAMMONT · ROUEN NOUVELLES BIBLIOTHÈQUES SERVICES CENTRAUX · BIBLIOTHÈQUE PATRIMONIALE VILLON · BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROGER-PARMENT). [3]
3 × Cinema (PATHE DOCKS 76 · KINEPOLIS ROUEN · OMNIA REPUBLIQUE). [3]
21 × Gym / sports hall (INSTITUT SAINT DOMINIQUE · GYMNASE DEVE · GYMNASE CATHERINE GRAINDOR · COLLEGE FONTENELLE · KINDARENA). [3]
55 × Bank (BANQUE DELUBAC & CIE · CCF · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ROUEN JEANNE D ARC · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · MILLEIS BANQUE). [3]
167 × Hairdresser (ETABLISSEMENTS VELASQUEZ · SNC COIFF'IN · COIFFURE FLEURS DE VIE · LEJEUNE-GEST). [3,4]
7 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
38 × Hotel (HÔTEL URBAN STYLE DE L'EUROPE · HOTEL MERCURE CHAMPS DE MARS · IBIS BUDGET · B&B ROUEN · MERCURE ROUEN CENTRE CATHEDRALE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 23 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Butcher (boucherie), 14 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 145 × Restaurant, 2 × GP (médecin généraliste), 6 × Pharmacy, 5 × Bank, 39 × Hairdresser, 5 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 93 | ATELIER DU CHOCOLAT · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE JULLIEN · MALTA · CHOCOLATS HAUTOT · BOULANGERIE BASTIEN | INSEE BPE 93 / INSEE SIRENE 117 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 27 | BOUCHERIE DES HALLES · BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · BOUCHERIE SAINT CLEMENT · BOUCHERIE AU CHAROLAIS | INSEE BPE 27 / INSEE SIRENE 41 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 65 | ADDOUZENE MOULOUD · CORSAIRE · COCCIMARKET · S.C.D.B · A L HEURE DU THE | INSEE BPE 65 / INSEE SIRENE 112 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 33 | DISTRIBUTION SAINT MARC · LIDL · CARREFOUR EXPRESS · INTERMARCHE · SOCIETE DES MAGASINS ECONOMIQUES DE ROUEN SOMER | INSEE BPE 33 / INSEE SIRENE 41 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 2 | TOUT UN FROMAGE... · FROMAGERIE HUBERT | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 5 | POISSONNERIE DES HALLES · E.V.N · POISSONNERIE SAINT-MARC · GOSO ECAILLERIE ROUENNAISE · ALLO-POISSONS | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 616 | LES POELEES · PASCALINE RESTAURANTS SA · LA BRIOCHE DOREE · O'KALLAGHAN'S | INSEE BPE 616 / INSEE SIRENE 943 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 219 | LE FARFELU · LE RALLYE · L'ECRAN NOIR · SNUG · COCOON | INSEE SIRENE 219 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 24 | ECOLE MATERNELLE GUILLAUME LION · ECOLE MATERNELLE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MAURICE NIBELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PAULINE KERGOMARD · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE HOUDEMARE | INSEE BPE 24 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 36 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEANNE HACHETTE ET ANDRE POTTIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BIMOREL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIE HOUDEMARE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE THEODORE BACHELET | INSEE BPE 36 [3] |
| Collège | 14 | COLLEGE BOIELDIEU · COLLEGE JEAN LECANUET · COLLEGE CAMILLE CLAUDEL · COLLEGE GEORGES BRAQUE · COLLEGE FONTENELLE | INSEE BPE 14 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 157 | PASCAL PILLU, MÉDECIN · ALICE RICHARD DUMOULIN, MÉDECIN · SOLINE LINHART, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE SAINT-DENIS, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS HOULETTE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 157 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 29 | PHARMACIE DE LA GARE · LA GRANDE PHARMACIE · PHARMACIE DES FAIENCIERS · PHARMACIE DE LA PREFECTURE · PHARMACIE GUIAKORA BINGUI | INSEE BPE 29 / INSEE SIRENE 39 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 12 | ROUEN MONT RIBOUDET RP · ROUEN PALAIS RP · ROUEN HOTEL DE VILLE RP · ROUEN GRIEU STAR ALIMENTATION RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 12 [3] |
| Library | 8 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA GRAND'MARE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR PÔLE CULTUREL GRAMMONT · ROUEN NOUVELLES BIBLIOTHÈQUES SERVICES CENTRAUX · BIBLIOTHÈQUE PATRIMONIALE VILLON · BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROGER-PARMENT | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Cinema | 3 | PATHE DOCKS 76 · KINEPOLIS ROUEN · OMNIA REPUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 21 | INSTITUT SAINT DOMINIQUE · GYMNASE DEVE · GYMNASE CATHERINE GRAINDOR · COLLEGE FONTENELLE · KINDARENA | INSEE BPE 21 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 55 | BANQUE DELUBAC & CIE · CCF · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ROUEN JEANNE D ARC · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · MILLEIS BANQUE | INSEE BPE 55 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 167 | ETABLISSEMENTS VELASQUEZ · SNC COIFF'IN · COIFFURE FLEURS DE VIE · LEJEUNE-GEST | INSEE BPE 167 / INSEE SIRENE 253 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 7 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 38 | HÔTEL URBAN STYLE DE L'EUROPE · HOTEL MERCURE CHAMPS DE MARS · IBIS BUDGET · B&B ROUEN · MERCURE ROUEN CENTRE CATHEDRALE | INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 62 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 111,557 (2012) → 117,662 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 102,723 (1990) → 117,662 (2023): 14.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 77,187, of which 3.7 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rouen): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Rouen): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Rouen): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Rouen): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Rouen): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the ROUEN - JARDIN weather station, 2.8 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 16 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROUEN-BOOS, 8.2 km away at 156 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 140 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 890 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ROUEN - JATTE, 0.9 km away at 63 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76540/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/30/aecbea46-ad75-395b-9285-97e9610d2a4d— “Immersion au marché : visite et dégustations”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76540/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76540/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76540/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76540
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orléans | 45 | 181 km S | 116,357 | 91.3 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Besançon | 25 | 439 km SE | 118,489 | 91.7 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Perpignan | 66 | 763 km S | 121,616 | 92.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 7 % |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 92 | 107 km SE | 119,019 | 91 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Metz | 57 | 370 km E | 122,572 | 90.9 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caen | 14 | 111 km W | 109,400 | 91.3 | Well served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 92 | 107 km SE | 119,019 | 91 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caen | 14 | 111 km W | 109,400 | 91.3 | Well served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orléans | 45 | 181 km S | 116,357 | 91.3 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Metz | 57 | 370 km E | 122,572 | 90.9 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Besançon | 25 | 439 km SE | 118,489 | 91.7 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Perpignan | 66 | 763 km S | 121,616 | 92.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 7 % |
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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 Rouen'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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 92 | 107 km SE | 119,019 | 91 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuil | 93 | 117 km SE | 111,934 | 91.6 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Argenteuil | 95 | 100 km SE | 106,130 | 91.8 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tours | 37 | 230 km S | 139,259 | 92.9 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nanterre | 92 | 101 km SE | 97,783 | 89.8 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Asnières-sur-Seine | 92 | 105 km SE | 93,941 | 91.2 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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