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Saint-Sylvain

Seine-Maritime · CC de la Côte d'Albâtre · INSEE 76651

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 12.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sylvain (INSEE 76651) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC de la Côte d'Albâtre. Population 133 (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/76651-saint-sylvain

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 13,086 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.1100.96
Housing mix0.6853.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 191 peak 1990: 223 2023: 133 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 183 (2012) → 133 (2023): -27.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 223 (1990) → 133 (2023): -40.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 100, of which 16 % second homes and 20 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.9 km NE (Saint-Valery-en-Caux)Primary school — 2.5 km S (Saint-Riquier-ès-Plains)Bakery — 3.4 km SE (Néville)GP — 3.5 km NE (Saint-Valery-en-Caux)Pharmacy — 3.6 km NE (Saint-Valery-en-Caux)
Food shop — 1.9 km NEPrimary school — 2.5 km SBakery — 3.4 km SEGP — 3.5 km NEPharmacy — 3.6 km NE 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 (Néville): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Valery-en-Caux): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Valery-en-Caux): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Valery-en-Caux): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Riquier-ès-Plains): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76651/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76651/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76651/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76651/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76467
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76655
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76646

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
Reynel52381 km SE12914.8No daily shopsno figures
Dravegny02225 km E13417.1No daily shopsno figures
Chemilly-sur-Serein89328 km SE13415.9No daily shopsno figures
Sommauthe08313 km E13217.2No daily shopsno figures
Velle-le-Châtel70467 km SE12516.1No daily shopsno figures
Courcy14110 km SW14817No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Courcy14110 km SW14817No daily shopsno figures
Dravegny02225 km E13417.1No daily shopsno figures
Sommauthe08313 km E13217.2No daily shopsno figures
Chemilly-sur-Serein89328 km SE13415.9No daily shopsno figures
Reynel52381 km SE12914.8No daily shopsno figures
Velle-le-Châtel70467 km SE12516.1No daily shopsno figures

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