Caours

Somme · CA de la Baie de Somme · INSEE 80171

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caours (INSEE 80171) is in Somme (80), part of CA de la Baie de Somme. Population 548 (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/80171-caours

Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,507 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.41	10	4.15
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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ NICOLE · LA RIPAILLE). ^[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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	2	CHEZ NICOLE · LA RIPAILLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 388 peak 2012: 610 2023: 548 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 610 (2012) → 548 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 599 (1990) → 548 (2023): -8.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km WFood shop — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.5 km SWBakery — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.7 km SW 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 (Abbeville): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Abbeville): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Abbeville): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Abbeville): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Caours): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ABBEVILLE weather station, 3.5 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[10]

The village sits 53 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 ABBEVILLE, 3.5 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 53 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 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ABBEVILLE, 3.5 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80171/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80171/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80171/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80171/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80171
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
Monchy-sur-Eu	76	34 km SW	551	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Le Plantay	01	515 km SE	559	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Coupelle-Vieille	62	47 km N	550	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beyren-lès-Sierck	57	326 km E	551	29.4	Few services	no figures
Sainte-Lheurine	17	538 km S	533	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
Beillé	72	249 km SW	542	35	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monchy-sur-Eu	76	34 km SW	551	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Coupelle-Vieille	62	47 km N	550	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beillé	72	249 km SW	542	35	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Beyren-lès-Sierck	57	326 km E	551	29.4	Few services	no figures
Le Plantay	01	515 km SE	559	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Lheurine	17	538 km S	533	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Caours'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
Coupelle-Vieille	62	47 km N	550	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boisjean	62	32 km N	529	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ecquedecques	62	63 km NE	511	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Oudalle	76	133 km SW	520	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Conteville-lès-Boulogne	62	69 km N	572	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent	22	407 km W	541	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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