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Oust-Marest

Somme · CC des Villes Soeurs · INSEE 80613

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

No daily shops 18/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oust-Marest (INSEE 80613) is in Somme (80), part of CC des Villes Soeurs. Population 608 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/80613-oust-marest

Vitality score

Vitality score 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 16,983 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.43104.27
Housing mix0.9554.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (SOPHIE COIFFURE · SO'COIFF). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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 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]
Hairdresser2SOPHIE COIFFURE · SO'COIFFINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 615 peak 1999: 704 2023: 608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 631 (2012) → 608 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 656 (1990) → 608 (2023): -7.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 337, of which 2.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.5 km SW (Saint-Pierre-en-Val)GP — 2.9 km W (Eu)Bakery — 3.2 km W (Eu)Pharmacy — 3.2 km W (Eu)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SWGP — 2.9 km WBakery — 3.2 km WPharmacy — 3.2 km W 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 (Eu): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-en-Val): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Eu): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Eu): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Oust-Marest): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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. [11]

Measured at the CAYEUX-SUR-MER weather station, 16.8 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 11 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 16.8 km away at 4 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BUIGNY-LES-GAMACHES, 7.7 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80613/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80613/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80613/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80613/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76255
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 76638
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80613
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mello60107 km SE60024.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Court18318 km S59415.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Menchhoffen67455 km E59821.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Clastres02131 km E58919.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Bolsenheim67481 km E57723.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Valcourt52295 km SE59616.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mello60107 km SE60024.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Clastres02131 km E58919.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Valcourt52295 km SE59616.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Court18318 km S59415.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Menchhoffen67455 km E59821.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Bolsenheim67481 km E57723.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · 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 Oust-Marest'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
Witternesse6290 km NE63620.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Quiestède6293 km NE66321.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Avenay14174 km SW55524.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ames6288 km NE67621.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Méricourt-l'Abbé8079 km E58730.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Embreville805.7 km E56026.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %