Essertaux
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Essertaux (INSEE 80285) is in Somme (80), part of CC Somme Sud-Ouest. Population 270 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 17,588 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.87 | 10 | 8.71 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE PARIS PICARDIE). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
| 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE PARIS PICARDIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 243 (2012) → 270 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 197 (1990) → 270 (2023): 37.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 0 % second homes and 15 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Oresmaux): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Flers-sur-Noye): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Flers-sur-Noye): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Conty): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Flers-sur-Noye): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COTTENCHY weather station, 14 km away at 34 m; the village itself is at 145 m. [11]
The village sits 111 m above 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AMIENS-GLISY, 17.8 km away at 60 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 85 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CONTY, 6.6 km away at 92 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 — 80285/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80285/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80285/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80285/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 80611
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 80315
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 80211
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus | 51 | 177 km E | 263 | 22.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sancourt | 80 | 57 km E | 269 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Anneux | 59 | 78 km NE | 258 | 20.9 | Few services | no figures |
| Ponson-Dessus | 64 | 736 km S | 261 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Claville-Motteville | 76 | 78 km W | 260 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 % |
| Bergnicourt | 08 | 149 km E | 292 | 25.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sancourt | 80 | 57 km E | 269 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Claville-Motteville | 76 | 78 km W | 260 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 % |
| Anneux | 59 | 78 km NE | 258 | 20.9 | Few services | no figures |
| Bergnicourt | 08 | 149 km E | 292 | 25.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus | 51 | 177 km E | 263 | 22.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ponson-Dessus | 64 | 736 km S | 261 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Essertaux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tartigny | 60 | 15 km SE | 250 | 24.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fresnes-en-Tardenois | 02 | 116 km SE | 272 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-sur-Bar | 08 | 188 km E | 234 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saires-la-Verrerie | 61 | 231 km SW | 295 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Francheville | 21 | 320 km SE | 256 | 21.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Mesnil-Jourdain | 27 | 103 km SW | 236 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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