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Sainte-Adresse

Seine-Maritime · CU Le Havre Seine Métropole · INSEE 76552

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 50.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Adresse (INSEE 76552) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CU Le Havre Seine Métropole. Population 7,004 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/76552-sainte-adresse

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 3,439 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 food0.32258.08
Social0.822016.31
Education0.39103.93
Health0.55105.53
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.37103.7
Housing mix0.9654.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 2 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PARIS LOUVRIER · MAISON FOUQUE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCIMARKET DE LA HEVE). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]

10 × Restaurant (LE GRAND LARGE · LE FRANCE · CARLA · SARL CHEF DE CO · LE CHEF DE CO CAFE GLACIER). [3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE BOUT DU MONDE · EUGENIE · LE MANOIR). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ANTOINE LAGARDE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DU MANOIR). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANTOINE LAGARDE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MATERNELLEJEANNE D ARC). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA HEVE). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADELAIDE DUPUIS, MÉDECIN · BENOIT JOUMEL, MÉDECIN · ERIC MARIDORT-DUHAYER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE GARAY, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE MARIDORT-DUHAYER, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (LA PHARMACIE DYONISIENNE · PHARMACIE DU CARROUSEL ET PHARMACIE DE SAINTE ADRESSE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (LPO JEANNE D ARC · SALLE ERIC TABARLY · SALLE PAUL VATINE). [3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE SAINTE ADRESSE). [3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE NORMANDIE). [3]

11 × Hairdresser (LES P TITS CISEAUX D ORNELLA · LA 5EME ADRESSE). [3,4]

2 × Hotel (LA PETITE RADE HÔTEL · HÔTEL LA BONNE ADRESSE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank.

Not found in the commune: Library. [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PARIS LOUVRIER · MAISON FOUQUEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1COCCIMARKET DE LA HEVEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR MARKETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant10LE GRAND LARGE · LE FRANCE · CARLA · SARL CHEF DE CO · LE CHEF DE CO CAFE GLACIERINSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar5LE BOUT DU MONDE · EUGENIE · LE MANOIRINSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE ANTOINE LAGARDE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DU MANOIRINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANTOINE LAGARDE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MATERNELLEJEANNE D ARCINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE LA HEVEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5ADELAIDE DUPUIS, MÉDECIN · BENOIT JOUMEL, MÉDECIN · ERIC MARIDORT-DUHAYER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE GARAY, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE MARIDORT-DUHAYER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy2LA PHARMACIE DYONISIENNE · PHARMACIE DU CARROUSEL ET PHARMACIE DE SAINTE ADRESSEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall3LPO JEANNE D ARC · SALLE ERIC TABARLY · SALLE PAUL VATINEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool1PLAGE DE SAINTE ADRESSEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank5CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE NORMANDIEINSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser11LES P TITS CISEAUX D ORNELLA · LA 5EME ADRESSEINSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel2LA PETITE RADE HÔTEL · HÔTEL LA BONNE ADRESSEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 8,261 peak 1975: 8,754 2023: 7,004 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,426 (2012) → 7,004 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 8,047 (1990) → 7,004 (2023): -13 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,807, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Sainte-Adresse): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Adresse): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Sainte-Adresse): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Adresse): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sainte-Adresse): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the CAP-DE-LA-HEVE weather station, 1.1 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 34 m. [9]

The village sits 66 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CAP-DE-LA-HEVE, 1.1 km away at 100 m, over 30 summers. [9]

That station sits 66 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at CAP-DE-LA-HEVE, 1.1 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76552/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76552/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76552/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76552/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76552
  9. 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
Gournay-sur-Marne93194 km E7,32052.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Horbourg-Wihr68558 km E6,19954.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Esnard7677 km E8,17756.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Bihorel7675 km E8,31666.2ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Vaucresson92168 km SE8,43257.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Essey-lès-Nancy54455 km E8,67070.2ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bihorel7675 km E8,31666.2ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-Esnard7677 km E8,17756.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Vaucresson92168 km SE8,43257.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Gournay-sur-Marne93194 km E7,32052.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Essey-lès-Nancy54455 km E8,67070.2ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Horbourg-Wihr68558 km E6,19954.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Sainte-Adresse'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
Saint-Martin-Boulogne62175 km NE10,88847.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Harfleur768.3 km E8,28958Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Trégueux22235 km SW8,45068.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Gonfreville-l'Orcher7611 km E8,91656.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Portel62171 km NE8,76868.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Langueux22233 km SW7,93960.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %