Villers-Écalles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villers-Écalles (INSEE 76743) is in Seine-Maritime (76), part of CC Caux - Austreberthe. Population 1,698 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 26 % of the 10,706 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.56 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.93 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE VILLERS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (ALEX PIZZA). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE RELAX). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PREVOST - FREINET). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRIGITTE FILLOT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AU FOURNIL DE VILLERS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | ALEX PIZZA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE RELAX | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PREVOST - FREINET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | BRIGITTE FILLOT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| 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 1,792 (2012) → 1,698 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,777 (1990) → 1,698 (2023): -4.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 761, of which 0.7 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villers-Écalles): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Barentin): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Villers-Écalles): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Barentin): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Villers-Écalles): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT weather station, 11.8 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 115 m. [10]
The village sits 111 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 NOTRE-DAME DE BLIQUETUIT, 11.8 km away at 4 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 111 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 1,048 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAINTE-AUSTREBERTHE, 8 km away at 100 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 — 76743/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76743/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76743/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 76743/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76743
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 76057
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méry | 73 | 574 km SE | 2,150 | 48.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camblain-Châtelain | 62 | 153 km NE | 1,762 | 32.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sales | 74 | 555 km SE | 2,325 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fleurieu-sur-Saône | 69 | 503 km SE | 1,597 | 47.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 % |
| Bouleurs | 77 | 162 km SE | 1,743 | 35.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brasles | 02 | 190 km E | 1,788 | 45.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camblain-Châtelain | 62 | 153 km NE | 1,762 | 32.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouleurs | 77 | 162 km SE | 1,743 | 35.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brasles | 02 | 190 km E | 1,788 | 45.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fleurieu-sur-Saône | 69 | 503 km SE | 1,597 | 47.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 % |
| Sales | 74 | 555 km SE | 2,325 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méry | 73 | 574 km SE | 2,150 | 48.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · 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 Villers-Écalles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méry | 73 | 574 km SE | 2,150 | 48.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernardswiller | 67 | 492 km E | 1,473 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Selle-la-Forge | 61 | 139 km SW | 1,390 | 29.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Labeuvrière | 62 | 161 km NE | 1,648 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Essars | 62 | 168 km NE | 1,753 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verquigneul | 62 | 165 km NE | 1,978 | 35.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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