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Saint-Pierre-en-Val

Seine-Maritime · CC des Villes Soeurs · INSEE 76638

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-en-Val (INSEE 76638) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC des Villes Soeurs. Population 1,088 (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/76638-saint-pierre-en-val

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 13,808 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 food0.13253.28
Social0200
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.61106.12
Housing mix0.9454.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API SAINT PIERRE EN VAL). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES HIRONDELLES). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT PIERRE EN VAL). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1API SAINT PIERRE EN VALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 PRIMAIRE LES HIRONDELLESINSEE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT PIERRE EN VALINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 671 peak 2007: 1,115 2023: 1,088 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,111 (2012) → 1,088 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 978 (1990) → 1,088 (2023): 11.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 488, of which 3.1 % second homes and 2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 3.3 km NW (Eu)Bakery — 3.5 km NW (Eu)GP — 3.6 km NW (Eu)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.3 km NWBakery — 3.5 km NWGP — 3.6 km NW 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 (Eu): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-en-Val): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Eu): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Eu): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-en-Val): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the EU weather station, 4.6 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 64 m. [10]

The village sits 51 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]

An average of 902 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at EU, 4.6 km away at 13 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76638/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76638/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76638/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76638/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76255
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76638
  10. 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
La Chapelle du Lou du Lac35321 km SW1,05027Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Morgny-la-Pommeraye7657 km S1,06525.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Sarcey69515 km SE98034.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 42 %
Hardinvast50227 km W92829.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %
Trois-Palis16498 km S94433Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 %
Sarrigné49310 km SW93532.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 88 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Morgny-la-Pommeraye7657 km S1,06525.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Hardinvast50227 km W92829.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %
Sarrigné49310 km SW93532.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 88 %
La Chapelle du Lou du Lac35321 km SW1,05027Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Trois-Palis16498 km S94433Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 %
Sarcey69515 km SE98034.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 42 %

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