Sotteville-sur-Mer

Seine-Maritime · CC de la Côte d'Albâtre · INSEE 76683

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sotteville-sur-Mer (INSEE 76683) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC de la Côte d'Albâtre. Population 392 (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/76683-sotteville-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 18,029 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.57	10	5.74
Housing mix	0.15	5	0.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LA MALICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAISON DUJARDIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA VALE NORMANDE · BISTROT CAUCHOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ABC DE SOTTEVILLE SUR MER). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES POMMIERS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LA MALICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAISON DUJARDIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LA VALE NORMANDE · BISTROT CAUCHOIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 ABC DE SOTTEVILLE SUR MER	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES POMMIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 324 2023: 392 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 355 (2012) → 392 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 365 (1990) → 392 (2023): 7.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 365, of which 42.5 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 2.5 km SWGP — 2.5 km SWPharmacy — 2.5 km SW 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 (Sotteville-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sotteville-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Veules-les-Roses): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Veules-les-Roses): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Veules-les-Roses): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 22.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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. ^[10]

Measured at the DIEPPE weather station, 19.4 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DIEPPE, 19.4 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AVREMESNIL, 7.5 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76683/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76683/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76683/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76683/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76683
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76735
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rivières	30	681 km SE	417	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-André-de-Cruzières	07	670 km SE	467	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Ribes	07	651 km SE	331	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne	12	629 km S	328	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Aspremont	05	704 km SE	364	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Chichilianne	38	667 km SE	336	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne	12	629 km S	328	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ribes	07	651 km SE	331	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Chichilianne	38	667 km SE	336	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Saint-André-de-Cruzières	07	670 km SE	467	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Rivières	30	681 km SE	417	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Aspremont	05	704 km SE	364	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Sotteville-sur-Mer'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
Cipières	06	822 km SE	393	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Beauvoir	50	222 km SW	419	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Kerbors	22	313 km W	292	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Genêts	50	214 km SW	451	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Favières	80	72 km NE	453	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-en-Grève	22	345 km W	447	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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