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Le Hamel

Somme · CC du Val de Somme · INSEE 80411

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Hamel (INSEE 80411) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Val de Somme. Population 492 (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/80411-le-hamel

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,805 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.51105.06
Housing mix0.9254.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE HAMEL AP). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE BOUZENCOURT). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1LE HAMEL APINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Campsite1CAMPING DE BOUZENCOURTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 472 peak 2007: 521 2023: 492 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 515 (2012) → 492 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 489 (1990) → 492 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 3.9 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.4 km SE (Lamotte-Warfusée)Food shop — 4.0 km W (Corbie)GP — 4.2 km W (Corbie)Pharmacy — 4.4 km W (Corbie)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km SEFood shop — 4.0 km WGP — 4.2 km WPharmacy — 4.4 km W 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 (Lamotte-Warfusée): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Corbie): 4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Corbie): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Corbie): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Le Hamel): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the HARBONNIERES weather station, 8.6 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 45 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MEAULTE, 12.5 km away at 107 m, over 28 summers. [11]

That station sits 62 m above 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 714 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at HARBONNIERES, 8.6 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80411/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80411/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80411/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80411/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80463
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80212
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80411
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pouilly-sur-Serre0277 km E49020.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Morsain0266 km SE46922.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Pierre-Levée77116 km S48026.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Charny-sur-Meuse55216 km E52222.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Versigny0268 km SE47020.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Renève21347 km SE48722.6Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Morsain0266 km SE46922.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Versigny0268 km SE47020.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pouilly-sur-Serre0277 km E49020.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pierre-Levée77116 km S48026.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Charny-sur-Meuse55216 km E52222.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Renève21347 km SE48722.6Few servicesno figures

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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 Hamel'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
Pouilly-sur-Serre0277 km E49020.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pierre-Levée77116 km S48026.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Versigny0268 km SE47020.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Hargicourt0244 km E54520.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt0297 km E54319No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Val-des-Marais51155 km SE54921.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %