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Le Trait

Seine-Maritime · Métropole Rouen Normandie · INSEE 76709

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

Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Trait (INSEE 76709) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of Métropole Rouen Normandie. Population 4,704 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/76709-le-trait

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 4,936 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 food0.482512.07
Social0.82016.02
Education0.39103.93
Health0.46104.61
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.36103.58
Housing mix0.9954.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DU TRAIT · DOUCEURS SUCREES-SALEES · CANDY WORLD 76). [3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL TURKSOY · LA BOUCHERIE DU TRAIT'STEAK · BOUCHERIE MOUETTE & CAUX). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES QUATRE SAISONS). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE HONFLEUR · CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (SARL VILLARD · DU PECHEUR A L'ETAL). [3,4]

14 × Restaurant (BELLA CARLOTTA · MIAM MIAM PIZZA · TRAITEUR LE PANDA BAR · PIZZA KING · GOOD PIZZ'). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE CENTRAL · LA CRAVACHE D'OR · LE DISQUE BLEU). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GUY DE MAUPASSANT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE COMMANDANT CHARCOT). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-BAPTISTE GUEDON, MÉDECIN · THOMAS BERNARD, MÉDECIN · SAMUEL KOLLHOFF, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NGUYEN · S E L A R L PHARMACIE ZOLLI). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE GÉRARD PHILIPPE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE). [3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]

7 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE DIFFUS'HAIR · SABRINA COIFFURE · ANGELIQUE COIFFURE). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3AU FOURNIL DU TRAIT · DOUCEURS SUCREES-SALEES · CANDY WORLD 76INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)3SARL TURKSOY · LA BOUCHERIE DU TRAIT'STEAK · BOUCHERIE MOUETTE & CAUXINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LES QUATRE SAISONSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket2ALDI MARCHE HONFLEUR · CARREFOUR MARKETINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger2SARL VILLARD · DU PECHEUR A L'ETALINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant14BELLA CARLOTTA · MIAM MIAM PIZZA · TRAITEUR LE PANDA BAR · PIZZA KING · GOOD PIZZ'INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar4LE CENTRAL · LA CRAVACHE D'OR · LE DISQUE BLEUINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE GUY DE MAUPASSANT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE COMMANDANT CHARCOTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3JEAN-BAPTISTE GUEDON, MÉDECIN · THOMAS BERNARD, MÉDECIN · SAMUEL KOLLHOFF, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE NGUYEN · S E L A R L PHARMACIE ZOLLIINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE GÉRARD PHILIPPEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CREDIT LYONNAISINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser7COIFFURE DIFFUS'HAIR · SABRINA COIFFURE · ANGELIQUE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 6,408 2023: 4,704 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,239 (2012) → 4,704 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 5,485 (1990) → 4,704 (2023): -14.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,508, of which 0.6 % second homes and 9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.2 km SE (Le Trait)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 1.2 km SE 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 (Le Trait): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Trait): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Le Trait): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Le Trait): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Le Trait): 1.2 km to the south-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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT weather station, 2.6 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 5 m. [9]

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

Humidity measured at NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT, 2.6 km away at 4 m, over 19 summers. [9]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT, 2.6 km away at 4 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 — 76709/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76709/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76709/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76709/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76709
  9. 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
Saint-Jean-de-Bournay38550 km SE4,84361.2ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Retiers35237 km SW4,56654.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Réole33549 km S4,48761.5ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Beaurepaire38561 km SE5,01061.7ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 69 %
La Côte-Saint-André38565 km SE4,87368ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vit25450 km SE5,13361ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Retiers35237 km SW4,56654.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vit25450 km SE5,13361ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
La Réole33549 km S4,48761.5ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Jean-de-Bournay38550 km SE4,84361.2ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Beaurepaire38561 km SE5,01061.7ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 69 %
La Côte-Saint-André38565 km SE4,87368ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · 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 Le Trait'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
Retiers35237 km SW4,56654.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nozay44279 km SW4,29253.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Solesmes59208 km NE4,14252.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tinchebray-Bocage61138 km SW4,81350.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ernée53184 km SW5,49957.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tinténiac35232 km SW3,93955.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %