Bovelles

Somme · CA Amiens Métropole · INSEE 80130

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bovelles (INSEE 80130) is in Somme (80), part of CA Amiens Métropole. Population 425 (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/80130-bovelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,983 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.76	10	7.65
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (BELLA TRATTORIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS PERGAUD). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE BOVELLES). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	BELLA TRATTORIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS PERGAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE BOVELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 206 peak 2017: 434 2023: 425 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 401 (2012) → 425 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 425 (2023): 26.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 199, of which 3.5 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.6 km NEBakery — 6.0 km NEPharmacy — 6.3 km NEFood shop — 6.5 km NE 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 (Breilly): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ailly-sur-Somme): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ailly-sur-Somme): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ailly-sur-Somme): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bovelles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 52.3

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DURY-LES-AMIENS weather station, 9.4 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 119 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AMIENS-GLISY, 17.3 km away at 60 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 59 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 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOLLIENS-DREUIL, 9 km away at 61 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 — 80130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80137
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80130
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
Corcelles-les-Arts	21	380 km SE	425	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin	65	764 km S	436	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Gerville	76	132 km W	412	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %
Verdilly	02	129 km SE	443	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Senneçay	18	327 km S	443	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-d'Août	26	561 km SE	393	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Verdilly	02	129 km SE	443	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gerville	76	132 km W	412	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %
Senneçay	18	327 km S	443	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Corcelles-les-Arts	21	380 km SE	425	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Août	26	561 km SE	393	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin	65	764 km S	436	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · 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 Bovelles'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
Verdilly	02	129 km SE	443	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Les Chapelles-Bourbon	77	137 km S	459	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Guny	02	91 km SE	357	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Frocourt	60	56 km S	528	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mennessis	02	84 km E	419	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mont-l'Évêque	60	84 km SE	416	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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