Candas

Somme · CC du Territoire Nord Picardie · INSEE 80168

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Candas (INSEE 80168) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Territoire Nord Picardie. Population 1,035 (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/80168-candas

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 48 % of the 14,113 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.78	10	7.83
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE VINCENT · LE FOURNIL DU MOULIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCIMARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD LECLERCQ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CANDAS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE - CANDAS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (BULLE D'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE VINCENT · LE FOURNIL DU MOULIN	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	BERNARD LECLERCQ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CANDAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE - CANDAS	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	2	BULLE D'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 809 peak 2017: 1,100 2023: 1,035 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,077 (2012) → 1,035 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 807 (1990) → 1,035 (2023): 28.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 464, of which 2.6 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km NPharmacy — 5.9 km EBakery — 8.1 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 (Doullens): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Candas): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Candas): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beauval): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Candas): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 40

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERNAVILLE weather station, 6.7 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BERNAVILLE, 6.7 km away at 146 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERNAVILLE, 6.7 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80071
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
Gorze	57	294 km E	1,120	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Étrechet	36	372 km S	998	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Beine-Nauroy	51	170 km SE	1,044	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Guimiliau	29	488 km W	994	37.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Palluau	85	465 km SW	1,128	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 95 %
Laluque	40	738 km S	1,102	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beine-Nauroy	51	170 km SE	1,044	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Gorze	57	294 km E	1,120	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Étrechet	36	372 km S	998	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Palluau	85	465 km SW	1,128	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 95 %
Guimiliau	29	488 km W	994	37.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Laluque	40	738 km S	1,102	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Candas'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
Saint-Germain-sur-Ille	35	352 km SW	1,017	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainneville	76	154 km SW	891	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barnabé	22	422 km SW	1,223	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Étrœungt	59	119 km E	1,233	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Breuil-en-Auge	14	176 km SW	952	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Quérénaing	59	92 km E	865	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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