Lamotte-Buleux

Somme · CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre · INSEE 80462

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

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamotte-Buleux (INSEE 80462) is in Somme (80), part of CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre. Population 328 (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 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,972 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.76
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (NOUNOURS & LULU). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (LYDIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	NOUNOURS & LULU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	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	2	LYDIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 302 peak 2017: 352 2023: 328 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 345 (2012) → 328 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 279 (1990) → 328 (2023): 17.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 148, of which 2.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.3 km EBakery — 4.5 km NWGP — 4.5 km NWPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Nouvion): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Canchy): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nouvion): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Nouvion): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lamotte-Buleux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 57.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NOUVION-EN-PONTHIEU weather station, 3.9 km away at 23 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ABBEVILLE, 5.8 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NOUVION-EN-PONTHIEU, 3.9 km away at 23 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 — 80462/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80462/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80462/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80462/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80598
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80462
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
Morcourt	80	67 km SE	327	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cernusson	49	376 km SW	329	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Dimbsthal	67	434 km E	326	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Xouaxange	57	409 km E	325	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Gouy-en-Artois	62	55 km E	327	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Champey-sur-Moselle	54	334 km SE	315	26	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gouy-en-Artois	62	55 km E	327	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Morcourt	80	67 km SE	327	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Champey-sur-Moselle	54	334 km SE	315	26	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 70 %
Cernusson	49	376 km SW	329	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Xouaxange	57	409 km E	325	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Dimbsthal	67	434 km E	326	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Lamotte-Buleux'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
Morcourt	80	67 km SE	327	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Dimbsthal	67	434 km E	326	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Diedendorf	67	403 km E	314	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Forteresse	38	606 km SE	338	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rethonvillers	80	90 km SE	346	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montgeroult	95	124 km S	361	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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