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Allenay

Somme · CC des Villes Soeurs · INSEE 80018

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Allenay (INSEE 80018) is in Somme (80), part of CC des Villes Soeurs. Population 253 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/80018-allenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 17,252 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.43104.34
Housing mix0.8154.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 240 peak 1982: 282 2023: 253 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 260 (2012) → 253 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 271 (1990) → 253 (2023): -6.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 9.7 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.8 km W (Friaucourt)Bakery — 0.9 km W (Friaucourt)Food shop — 2.1 km N (Woignarue)Pharmacy — 3.3 km NW (Ault)
In the commune GP Primary school — 0.8 km WBakery — 0.9 km WFood shop — 2.1 km NPharmacy — 3.3 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 (Friaucourt): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Woignarue): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Friaucourt): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ault): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Friaucourt): 0.8 km to the west (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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CAYEUX-SUR-MER weather station, 11.4 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 94 m. [11]

The village sits 90 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 11.4 km away at 4 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 90 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at VAUDRICOURT, 5.1 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80018/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80018/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80018/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80018/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80364
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80826
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80039
  11. 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
Proverville10311 km SE2178.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Cogna39501 km SE23410.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Échevannes21392 km SE28117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Montrécourt59141 km E22817.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Béhencourt8070 km E30111.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Péreille09797 km S1829.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Béhencourt8070 km E30111.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montrécourt59141 km E22817.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Proverville10311 km SE2178.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Échevannes21392 km SE28117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Cogna39501 km SE23410.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Péreille09797 km S1829.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · 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 Allenay'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
Montrécourt59141 km E22817.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Wierre-au-Bois6265 km N22820.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bussy-lès-Daours8070 km E37012.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Warlus6287 km E37711.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vrély8092 km E45912.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Escobecques59118 km NE30213.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %