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Biencourt

Somme · CC Interrégionale Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle · INSEE 80104

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

Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biencourt (INSEE 80104) is in Somme (80), part of CC Interrégionale Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle. Population 137 (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/80104-biencourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 13,366 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 trend0.64106.42
Housing mix0.9154.55

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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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 PUBLIQUEINSEE 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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 137 2023: 137 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 127 (2012) → 137 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 137 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 67, of which 4.5 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 5.6 km E (Oisemont)Pharmacy — 5.6 km E (Oisemont)GP — 5.8 km E (Oisemont)Bakery — 6.1 km E (Oisemont)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.6 km EGP — 5.8 km EBakery — 6.1 km E 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 (Oisemont): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Oisemont): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Oisemont): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Oisemont): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Biencourt): 0.3 km to the south-west (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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the OISEMONT_SAPC weather station, 5.9 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 113 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at OISEMONT_SAPC, 5.9 km away at 121 m, over 13 summers. [10]

An average of 932 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LE TRANSLAY, 1.3 km away at 130 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 — 80104/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80104/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80104/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80104/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80606
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80104
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Cléville7687 km SW13616.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Begnécourt88380 km SE13920.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Dournon39462 km SE14220.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Neurey-en-Vaux70413 km SE13817.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Beauvois6259 km NE13320.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Monceau-sur-Oise02144 km E13219.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beauvois6259 km NE13320.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Cléville7687 km SW13616.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Monceau-sur-Oise02144 km E13219.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Begnécourt88380 km SE13920.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Neurey-en-Vaux70413 km SE13817.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Dournon39462 km SE14220.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · 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 Biencourt'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
Cléville7687 km SW13616.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Châtel6278 km NE12720Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ternas6265 km NE12519.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Béthonsart6276 km NE15519.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gomiécourt6281 km E15117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Noreuil6291 km E13020.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %