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Lanchères

Somme · CA de la Baie de Somme · INSEE 80464

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lanchères (INSEE 80464) is in Somme (80), part of CA de la Baie de Somme. Population 859 (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/80464-lancheres

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 15,230 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.54105.4
Housing mix0.1850.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DOUCEURS ARTISANALES). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LANCHÈRES). [3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LES ALIZES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AUX DOUCEURS ARTISANALESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL VIMEREUINSEE 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 postale1LANCHERES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LANCHÈRESINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite2CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LES ALIZESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 762 peak 2007: 989 2023: 859 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 962 (2012) → 859 (2023): -10.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 826 (1990) → 859 (2023): 4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 781, of which 41 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 3.9 km S (Vaudricourt)Pharmacy — 4.7 km SE (Arrest)Food shop — 5.0 km NW (Cayeux-sur-Mer)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 4.7 km SEFood shop — 5.0 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 (Lanchères): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cayeux-sur-Mer): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Vaudricourt): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Arrest): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Lanchères): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the CAYEUX-SUR-MER weather station, 4.1 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 7 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 4.1 km away at 4 m, over 18 summers. [12]

An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 4.1 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80464/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80464/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80464/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80464/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80464
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80182
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80780
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80029
  12. 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
Champigny-sur-Veude37355 km S80941.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux58332 km SE72142.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Monoblet30707 km S78751.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Roumoules04785 km SE72550.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Nançay18316 km S74843.2Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 %
Le Lonzac19522 km S82348.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nançay18316 km S74843.2Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 %
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux58332 km SE72142.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Champigny-sur-Veude37355 km S80941.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Le Lonzac19522 km S82348.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Monoblet30707 km S78751.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Roumoules04785 km SE72550.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 49 % · 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 Lanchères'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
Saint-Nic29476 km SW75346.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Bouillie22338 km SW82444.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Siouville-Hague50252 km W93138.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Armel56424 km SW90338.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lignol56423 km SW86133.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Plévin22426 km SW75447.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %