Ercheu

Somme · CC du Grand Roye · INSEE 80279

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ercheu (INSEE 80279) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Grand Roye. Population 751 (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/80279-ercheu

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 16,023 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.56	10	5.59
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

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

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	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 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	1	ERCHEU AP	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	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: 576 peak 2012: 813 2023: 751 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 813 (2012) → 751 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 709 (1990) → 751 (2023): 5.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 4.7 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 6.4 km NGP — 6.5 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 (Beaulieu-les-Fontaines): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ercheu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nesle): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nesle): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ercheu): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 46.2

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROUVROY-EN-SANTERRE weather station, 18.9 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 70 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ROUVROY-EN-SANTERRE, 18.9 km away at 95 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 640 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROUVROY-EN-SANTERRE, 18.9 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80279/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80279/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80279/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80279/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 60053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80279
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80585
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
Mondeville	91	140 km S	726	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Parigné-le-Pôlin	72	292 km SW	1,037	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Offwiller	67	345 km E	807	19.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Griesbach-au-Val	68	361 km SE	678	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Diéval	62	89 km NW	709	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cruviers-Lascours	30	641 km S	707	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Diéval	62	89 km NW	709	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mondeville	91	140 km S	726	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Parigné-le-Pôlin	72	292 km SW	1,037	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Offwiller	67	345 km E	807	19.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Griesbach-au-Val	68	361 km SE	678	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Cruviers-Lascours	30	641 km S	707	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Ercheu'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
Diéval	62	89 km NW	709	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Blaisy-Bas	21	291 km SE	677	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vaudoy-en-Brie	77	113 km S	872	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Orvilliers	78	133 km SW	925	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Valdampierre	60	78 km SW	941	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Étainhus	76	190 km W	1,207	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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