Méaulte

Somme · CC du Pays du Coquelicot · INSEE 80523

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

Few services 35.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méaulte (INSEE 80523) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Pays du Coquelicot. Population 1,285 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/80523-meaulte

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 12,799 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.52	10	5.21
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MEAULTOISE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (WAFU MEAULTE 168). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VERONIQUE LERICHE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEAULTE LPAC AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DU TEMPS · BEAUTE 24). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MEAULTOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	WAFU MEAULTE 168	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	VERONIQUE LERICHE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MEAULTE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	L'HAIR DU TEMPS · BEAUTE 24	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,048 peak 2007: 1,316 2023: 1,285 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,312 (2012) → 1,285 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,259 (1990) → 1,285 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 615, of which 1.5 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.5 km NPharmacy — 1.6 km N 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 (Méaulte): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Albert): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Méaulte): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Albert): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Méaulte): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.2

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEAULTE weather station, 3.6 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 47 m. ^[10]

The village sits 60 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 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MEAULTE, 3.6 km away at 107 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 60 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 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALBERT, 1.6 km away at 54 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 — 80523/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80523/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80523/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80523/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80523
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80016
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
Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame	74	503 km SE	1,713	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Suzanne	25	408 km SE	1,501	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Fouquières-lès-Béthune	62	60 km N	1,108	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vourey	38	561 km SE	1,688	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Moulay	53	306 km SW	973	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Villers-Écalles	76	134 km W	1,698	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fouquières-lès-Béthune	62	60 km N	1,108	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-Écalles	76	134 km W	1,698	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Moulay	53	306 km SW	973	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Sainte-Suzanne	25	408 km SE	1,501	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame	74	503 km SE	1,713	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Vourey	38	561 km SE	1,688	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Méaulte'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
Fouquières-lès-Béthune	62	60 km N	1,108	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Curgies	59	78 km NE	1,333	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Toussus-le-Noble	78	143 km S	1,172	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Groffliers	62	87 km NW	1,470	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bernardswiller	67	388 km SE	1,473	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mardeuil	51	138 km SE	1,457	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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