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Authieule

Somme · CC du Territoire Nord Picardie · INSEE 80044

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

Few services 21.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Authieule (INSEE 80044) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Territoire Nord Picardie. Population 393 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/80044-authieule

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,990 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.73107.32
Housing mix0.8954.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES PINSONS). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (BULLE D'HAIR · CHRIS'COIFF). [3,4]

1 × Campsite. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES PINSONSINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser2BULLE D'HAIR · CHRIS'COIFFINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 247 peak 2017: 409 2023: 393 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 377 (2012) → 393 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 319 (1990) → 393 (2023): 23.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 5.4 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.7 km NW (Doullens)Food shop — 2.7 km NW (Doullens)GP — 2.8 km NW (Doullens)Pharmacy — 2.8 km NW (Doullens)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NWFood shop — 2.7 km NWGP — 2.8 km NWPharmacy — 2.8 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 (Doullens): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Doullens): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Doullens): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Doullens): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Authieule): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BERNAVILLE weather station, 13.6 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 62 m. [10]

The village sits 84 m below 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 BERNAVILLE, 13.6 km away at 146 m, over 28 summers. [10]

That station sits 84 m above 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 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at DOULLENS, 1.9 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80044/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80044/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80044/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80044/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80253
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80044
  10. 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
Précilhon64804 km S40922Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %
Romeny-sur-Marne02147 km SE45021Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Wavrechain-sous-Faulx5967 km E44021.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Novillers6097 km S39217.3No daily shopsno figures
Geispitzen68460 km SE51621.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances50301 km SW38713.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Wavrechain-sous-Faulx5967 km E44021.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Novillers6097 km S39217.3No daily shopsno figures
Romeny-sur-Marne02147 km SE45021Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances50301 km SW38713.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Geispitzen68460 km SE51621.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Précilhon64804 km S40922Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Authieule'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
Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances50301 km SW38713.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bougy14238 km SW37617.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vaire-sous-Corbie8028 km SE28820.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgheim67418 km SE65026.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais95116 km S87821.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Herrin5962 km NE42520.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %