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Millencourt-en-Ponthieu

Somme · CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre · INSEE 80548

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Millencourt-en-Ponthieu (INSEE 80548) is in Somme (80), part of CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre. Population 337 (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/80548-millencourt-en-ponthieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 18,047 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.45104.49
Housing mix0.9454.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 260 peak 2012: 372 2023: 337 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 372 (2012) → 337 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 355 (1990) → 337 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 160, of which 3.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.8 km S (Neufmoulin)Food shop — 3.9 km SE (Saint-Riquier)Pharmacy — 4.0 km SE (Saint-Riquier)Bakery — 4.1 km SE (Saint-Riquier)GP — 4.1 km SE (Saint-Riquier)
Primary school — 2.8 km SFood shop — 3.9 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 km SEBakery — 4.1 km SEGP — 4.1 km SE 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 (Saint-Riquier): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Riquier): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Riquier): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Riquier): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Neufmoulin): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ABBEVILLE weather station, 4.9 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 68 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ABBEVILLE, 4.9 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ABBEVILLE, 4.9 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80548/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80548/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80548/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80548/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80716
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80588
  10. 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
Maninghen-Henne6270 km N33617.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Malbouhans70436 km SE33710.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Remigny02111 km SE33910.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Monthelon51195 km SE33410.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Avançon08184 km SE34112.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Noron-la-Poterie14218 km SW33215.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maninghen-Henne6270 km N33617.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Remigny02111 km SE33910.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Avançon08184 km SE34112.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Monthelon51195 km SE33410.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Noron-la-Poterie14218 km SW33215.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Malbouhans70436 km SE33710.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Millencourt-en-Ponthieu'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
Noron-la-Poterie14218 km SW33215.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vendes14211 km SW34113.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Anquetierville76114 km SW32910.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Meslay14212 km SW33817.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Buigny-l'Abbé806.6 km SE34112.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Voulpaix02143 km E3489.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %