Sainte-Foy
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Foy (INSEE 76577) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Terroir de Caux. Population 622 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 16,876 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.72 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATIVE DE SAINTE FOY). [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. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATIVE DE SAINTE FOY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 564 (2012) → 622 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 405 (1990) → 622 (2023): 53.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 252, of which 2.8 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Longueville-sur-Scie): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Longueville-sur-Scie): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Longueville-sur-Scie): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Longueville-sur-Scie): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sainte-Foy): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the DIEPPE weather station, 15.6 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 130 m. [10]
The village sits 90 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at DIEPPE, 15.6 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 90 m below 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 957 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-D'ETABLES, 5.4 km away at 22 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 171,000 € — 927 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Seine-Maritime is 1,803 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76577/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76577/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76577/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76577/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76397
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76577
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alembon | 62 | 122 km NE | 624 | 26.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gennetines | 03 | 390 km SE | 615 | 22 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gilocourt | 60 | 138 km SE | 626 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barzun | 64 | 738 km S | 626 | 25.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Jumeauville | 78 | 109 km SE | 638 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vaize | 17 | 462 km S | 620 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumeauville | 78 | 109 km SE | 638 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Alembon | 62 | 122 km NE | 624 | 26.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gilocourt | 60 | 138 km SE | 626 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gennetines | 03 | 390 km SE | 615 | 22 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Vaize | 17 | 462 km S | 620 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Barzun | 64 | 738 km S | 626 | 25.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
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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-Foy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvecrique | 76 | 26 km SW | 623 | 20.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Écalles-Alix | 76 | 30 km SW | 566 | 23.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quesques | 62 | 116 km NE | 720 | 24.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Houssaye-Béranger | 76 | 19 km S | 545 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Parenty | 62 | 100 km NE | 559 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontaine-Henry | 14 | 129 km SW | 528 | 22.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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