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Épaumesnil

Somme · CC Somme Sud-Ouest · INSEE 80269

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

No daily shops 17.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épaumesnil (INSEE 80269) is in Somme (80), part of CC Somme Sud-Ouest. Population 104 (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/80269-epaumesnil

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 10,940 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.37103.74
Housing mix0.9254.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (CISEAUX ET CHIGNONS D'HELENE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1CISEAUX ET CHIGNONS D'HELENEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 117 peak 2017: 133 2023: 104 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 126 (2012) → 104 (2023): -17.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 119 (1990) → 104 (2023): -12.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 53, of which 3.8 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.1 km N (Vergies)Primary school — 6.6 km NE (Allery)GP — 6.6 km SW (Liomer)Food shop — 7.7 km NW (Oisemont)Pharmacy — 8.0 km SE (Hornoy-le-Bourg)
Bakery — 2.1 km NPrimary school — 6.6 km NEGP — 6.6 km SWFood shop — 7.7 km NWPharmacy — 8.0 km SE 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 (Vergies): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Oisemont): 7.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Liomer): 6.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Hornoy-le-Bourg): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Allery): 6.6 km to the north-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 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the OISEMONT_SAPC weather station, 7.7 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 121 m. [13]

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

Humidity measured at OISEMONT_SAPC, 7.7 km away at 121 m, over 13 summers. [13]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at AUMONT, 6.4 km away at 119 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 130,470 € — 811 € per m² of built surface. [14]

The median across Somme is 1,471 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80269/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80269/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80269/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80269/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80788
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80606
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80484
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80443
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80019
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fécocourt54346 km SE10521.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Hérange57405 km E10417.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Chemilly70396 km SE11123.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Ardon39459 km SE10915.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lisse-en-Champagne51236 km SE10417.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saffais54357 km SE10422.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lisse-en-Champagne51236 km SE10417.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Fécocourt54346 km SE10521.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saffais54357 km SE10422.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Chemilly70396 km SE11123.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Hérange57405 km E10417.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Ardon39459 km SE10915.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Linthes51195 km SE11320.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Thiepval8062 km E12419.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rouy-le-Petit8080 km E10117.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Contalmaison8064 km E12220.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Moncheaux-lès-Frévent6258 km NE13321.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bettembos8012 km S9118.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %