Le Crotoy

Somme · CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre · INSEE 80228

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

Served 61.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Crotoy (INSEE 80228) is in Somme (80), part of CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre. Population 1,958 (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/80228-le-crotoy

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 9,765 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	0.74	25	18.45
Social	0.98	20	19.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.3	10	3.02
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 6 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BON PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · BOULANGERIE AMIENOISE · S.A.R.L. THILLARD · VICTOR FLORENT). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA BAIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MATSUP · AU RUCHER DE LA BAIE DE SOMME). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ARES DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE DU CROTOY BY LE PARVIS). ^[4]

8 × Fishmonger (DEROSIERE MADDY · ASSOC DE FAIT BOURGAU LECOQ · L'OCEANE DE LA BAIE DE SOMME). ^[3,4]

22 × Restaurant (LA MAREE · HOTELEAU · EURL LECOCQ · COTHE COUR). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (CHEZ NINO · CAFE DU PRINTEMPS · AU RELAIS DE LA MAYE · LE 10 CHAMPAGNE VIN & SPIRITUEUX · L'ANCRAGE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCALE MARQUILLY, MÉDECIN · PAUL D AVOUT, MÉDECIN · MARGAUX MAUDOUIT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE DE SOMME). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (DESIREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

8 × Hotel (AUX TROIS JEAN · HOTEL DE LA BAIE DE SOMME · HÔTEL LES TOURELLES · L'AUBERGE DE LA MARINE · AUBERGE DE LA DUNE). ^[3,4]

8 × Campsite (CAMPING LES TROIS SABLIÈRES · CAMPING DE LA BAIE DE SOMME · CAMPING DE LA CÔTE PICARDE · CAMPING LE RIDIN · LES AUBEPINES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Fishmonger, 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	AU BON PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · BOULANGERIE AMIENOISE · S.A.R.L. THILLARD · VICTOR FLORENT	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE DE LA BAIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	MATSUP · AU RUCHER DE LA BAIE DE SOMME	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ARES DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	FROMAGERIE DU CROTOY BY LE PARVIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	8	DEROSIERE MADDY · ASSOC DE FAIT BOURGAU LECOQ · L'OCEANE DE LA BAIE DE SOMME	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Restaurant	22	LA MAREE · HOTELEAU · EURL LECOCQ · COTHE COUR	INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	CHEZ NINO · CAFE DU PRINTEMPS · AU RELAIS DE LA MAYE · LE 10 CHAMPAGNE VIN & SPIRITUEUX · L'ANCRAGE	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PASCALE MARQUILLY, MÉDECIN · PAUL D AVOUT, MÉDECIN · MARGAUX MAUDOUIT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA BAIE DE SOMME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	DESIREE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	8	AUX TROIS JEAN · HOTEL DE LA BAIE DE SOMME · HÔTEL LES TOURELLES · L'AUBERGE DE LA MARINE · AUBERGE DE LA DUNE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Campsite	8	CAMPING LES TROIS SABLIÈRES · CAMPING DE LA BAIE DE SOMME · CAMPING DE LA CÔTE PICARDE · CAMPING LE RIDIN · LES AUBEPINES	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,412 peak 1990: 2,440 2023: 1,958 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,138 (2012) → 1,958 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,440 (1990) → 1,958 (2023): -19.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,046, of which 63.9 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.8 km NW 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 (Le Crotoy): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Crotoy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Crotoy): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Crotoy): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Crotoy): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 25.7

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CAYEUX-HOURDEL weather station, 4.3 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-HOURDEL, 4.3 km away at 4 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CAYEUX-HOURDEL, 4.3 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80228
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
Saint-Martin-Vésubie	06	805 km SE	1,337	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Arzon	56	444 km SW	2,271	65.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
L'Épine	85	460 km SW	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	467 km SW	2,420	67.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Barneville-Carteret	50	260 km W	2,223	63.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie	61	237 km SW	2,699	62.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 49 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie	61	237 km SW	2,699	62.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 49 %
Barneville-Carteret	50	260 km W	2,223	63.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Arzon	56	444 km SW	2,271	65.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
L'Épine	85	460 km SW	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	467 km SW	2,420	67.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Vésubie	06	805 km SE	1,337	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Le Crotoy'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
Arzon	56	444 km SW	2,271	65.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Blonville-sur-Mer	14	150 km SW	1,621	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-sur-Mer	14	154 km SW	2,440	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	2.9 km S	2,306	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cayeux-sur-Mer	80	10 km SW	2,316	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Merville-Franceville-Plage	14	168 km SW	2,231	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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