Lucheux

Somme · CC du Territoire Nord Picardie · INSEE 80495

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

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lucheux (INSEE 80495) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Territoire Nord Picardie. Population 521 (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/80495-lucheux

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,689 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.58
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA SOURCE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LUCHEUX RESEAU DES BIBLIOTHEQUES DE LA CCTNP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DE LA SOURCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DUCELLIER	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LUCHEUX RESEAU DES BIBLIOTHEQUES DE LA CCTNP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 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: 543 peak 1990: 607 2023: 521 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 577 (2012) → 521 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 607 (1990) → 521 (2023): -14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 288, of which 5.9 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 6.0 km SWFood shop — 6.1 km SWBakery — 6.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 km SW 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 (Doullens): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Doullens): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Doullens): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Doullens): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lucheux): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.1

Days at or below 0 °C 35.8

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BERNAVILLE weather station, 17.7 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

The village sits 52 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BERNAVILLE, 17.7 km away at 146 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DOULLENS, 7.1 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80495/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80495/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80495/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80495/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80495
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
Franclens	74	527 km SE	541	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin	40	759 km S	498	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 91 %
Gueltas	56	445 km SW	551	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Maisoncelles-du-Maine	53	334 km SW	506	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Guillaume	14	195 km SW	551	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Abraham	56	437 km SW	552	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mesnil-Guillaume	14	195 km SW	551	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Maisoncelles-du-Maine	53	334 km SW	506	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Abraham	56	437 km SW	552	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Gueltas	56	445 km SW	551	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Franclens	74	527 km SE	541	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin	40	759 km S	498	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 91 %

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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 Lucheux'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
Gueltas	56	445 km SW	551	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-Guillaume	14	195 km SW	551	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Abraham	56	437 km SW	552	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bonningues-lès-Calais	62	89 km NW	597	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Penguily	22	410 km SW	617	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Crouais	35	398 km SW	592	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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