Bouvaincourt-sur-Bresle

Somme · CC des Villes Soeurs · INSEE 80127

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouvaincourt-sur-Bresle (INSEE 80127) is in Somme (80), part of CC des Villes Soeurs. Population 783 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 15,744 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.73	10	7.33
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.23

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUVAINCOURT SUR BRESLE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUVAINCOURT-SUR-BRESLE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORT TERRAIN DE FOOTBALL PISTE). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA BALLASTIERE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BOUVAINCOURT SUR BRESLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUVAINCOURT-SUR-BRESLE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORT TERRAIN DE FOOTBALL PISTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA BALLASTIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 618 peak 2017: 868 2023: 783 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 815 (2012) → 783 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 635 (1990) → 783 (2023): 23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 519, of which 27.7 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km SEBakery — 1.9 km SGP — 4.9 km NWPharmacy — 5.1 km W 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 (Incheville): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Incheville): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Eu): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Eu): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bouvaincourt-sur-Bresle): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.2

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAYEUX-SUR-MER weather station, 17.5 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 17.5 km away at 4 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUIGNY-LES-GAMACHES, 5.8 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80127/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80127/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80127/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80127/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76374
INSEE BPE 2025 — 76255
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80127
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
Barisis-aux-Bois	02	141 km E	752	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Montbrehain	02	133 km E	816	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Montaulin	10	279 km SE	825	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Lamarque-Pontacq	65	772 km S	862	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Caujac	31	749 km S	869	28.5	Few services	no figures
Arsy	60	111 km SE	832	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arsy	60	111 km SE	832	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Montbrehain	02	133 km E	816	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Barisis-aux-Bois	02	141 km E	752	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Montaulin	10	279 km SE	825	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Caujac	31	749 km S	869	28.5	Few services	no figures
Lamarque-Pontacq	65	772 km S	862	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Bouvaincourt-sur-Bresle'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
Allery	80	30 km E	843	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Hézo	56	410 km SW	930	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Gouy	76	79 km S	888	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-Cramesnil	76	100 km SW	689	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Fresne-Camilly	14	166 km SW	951	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Locquénolé	29	418 km W	790	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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