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Saint-Denis-d'Aclon

Seine-Maritime · CC Terroir de Caux · INSEE 76572

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 5.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Denis-d'Aclon (INSEE 76572) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Terroir de Caux. Population 130 (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/76572-saint-denis-d-aclon

Vitality score

Vitality score 5.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 12,923 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.05100.53
Housing mix0.7953.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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, 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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 209 peak 1982: 274 2023: 130 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 144 (2012) → 130 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 235 (1990) → 130 (2023): -44.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 84, of which 10.7 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.9 km NE (Ouville-la-Rivière)Bakery — 1.0 km NE (Ouville-la-Rivière)Food shop — 1.0 km NE (Ouville-la-Rivière)GP — 1.0 km N (Ouville-la-Rivière)Pharmacy — 1.0 km N (Ouville-la-Rivière)
Primary school — 0.9 km NEBakery — 1.0 km NEFood shop — 1.0 km NEGP — 1.0 km NPharmacy — 1.0 km N 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 (Ouville-la-Rivière): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ouville-la-Rivière): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Ouville-la-Rivière): 1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ouville-la-Rivière): 1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Ouville-la-Rivière): 0.9 km to the north-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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the DIEPPE weather station, 12.3 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 18 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at DIEPPE, 12.3 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at AVREMESNIL, 2.3 km away at 67 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 — 76572/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76572/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76572/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76572/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76492
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Yvrencheux8082 km NE1308No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-sur-Bonnières6081 km SE13012.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Bouilh-Péreuilh65732 km S13015.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Frémeréville-sous-les-Côtes55361 km E12916.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Lavigney70429 km SE12912.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
La Romagne08242 km E1309.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 30 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villers-sur-Bonnières6081 km SE13012.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Yvrencheux8082 km NE1308No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Romagne08242 km E1309.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 30 %
Frémeréville-sous-les-Côtes55361 km E12916.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Lavigney70429 km SE12912.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Bouilh-Péreuilh65732 km S13015.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Saint-Denis-d'Aclon'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
Yvrencheux8082 km NE1308No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vatierville7642 km E13014.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lanleff22318 km SW12112.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ambricourt62110 km NE11811.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Veauville-lès-Quelles7622 km SW12415.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Amigny50173 km SW15113.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %