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Courcelette

Somme · CC du Pays du Coquelicot · INSEE 80216

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courcelette (INSEE 80216) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Pays du Coquelicot. Population 152 (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/80216-courcelette

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 14,217 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.57105.7
Housing mix0.8654.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 180 2023: 152 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 146 (2012) → 152 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 152 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 83, of which 7.2 % second homes and 12 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.7 km SE (Martinpuich)GP — 4.0 km N (Miraumont)Bakery — 6.3 km NE (Ligny-Thilloy)Food shop — 7.2 km SW (Albert)Pharmacy — 8.6 km N (Achiet-le-Grand)
Primary school — 1.7 km SEGP — 4.0 km NBakery — 6.3 km NEFood shop — 7.2 km SWPharmacy — 8.6 km N 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 (Ligny-Thilloy): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Albert): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Miraumont): 4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Achiet-le-Grand): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Martinpuich): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [12]

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the MEAULTE weather station, 10 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 132 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at MEAULTE, 10 km away at 107 m, over 28 summers. [13]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at ALBERT, 9.8 km away at 54 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80216/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80216/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80216/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80216/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62515
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80016
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80549
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62005
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62561
  13. 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
Bouvincourt-en-Vermandois8028 km SE15411.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-lès-Montbard21298 km SE1539.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
La Selle-Guerchaise35370 km SW15314No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montzéville55203 km SE15211.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Loueuse6084 km SW15112No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ronchères02119 km SE15512.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouvincourt-en-Vermandois8028 km SE15411.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Loueuse6084 km SW15112No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ronchères02119 km SE15512.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Montzéville55203 km SE15211.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-lès-Montbard21298 km SE1539.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
La Selle-Guerchaise35370 km SW15314No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · 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 Courcelette'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
Bouvincourt-en-Vermandois8028 km SE15411.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Selle-Guerchaise35370 km SW15314No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Loueuse6084 km SW15112No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fouquescourt8032 km S15410.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mauny76153 km SW15012.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fourneaux-le-Val14255 km SW1559No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %