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Pendé

Somme · CA de la Baie de Somme · INSEE 80618

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

Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pendé (INSEE 80618) is in Somme (80), part of CA de la Baie de Somme. Population 1,025 (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/80618-pende

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 14,155 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.47104.72
Housing mix0.6153.06

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 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CH'TITE FRITE EN BAIE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CHTI'COEUR). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Library (LIRE À PENDÉ). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (INAYA HAIR & NAIL · HENIN AUTHENAC FAUSTINE). [3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MARAIS · CAMPING DE LA BAIE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2LA CH'TITE FRITE EN BAIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar2CHTI'COEURINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 2 [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]
Library1LIRE À PENDÉINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2INAYA HAIR & NAIL · HENIN AUTHENAC FAUSTINEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite2CAMPING LE MARAIS · CAMPING DE LA BAIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,099 peak 2007: 1,118 2023: 1,025 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,118 (2012) → 1,025 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,055 (1990) → 1,025 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 643, of which 19.4 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.8 km NW (Pendé)Pharmacy — 2.8 km SE (Arrest)Food shop — 3.6 km NE (Saint-Valery-sur-Somme)GP — 3.7 km NE (Saint-Valery-sur-Somme)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km NWPharmacy — 2.8 km SEFood shop — 3.6 km NEGP — 3.7 km NE 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 (Pendé): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Valery-sur-Somme): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Valery-sur-Somme): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Arrest): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Pendé): 0 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. [11]

Measured at the CAYEUX-SUR-MER weather station, 5.6 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 10 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 5.6 km away at 4 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 5.6 km away at 4 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 — 80618/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80618/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80618/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80618/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80618
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80721
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80029
  11. 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
La Muraz74564 km SE1,04841.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maime04765 km SE92346.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Bouzy-la-Forêt45263 km S1,21837.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Mespaul29441 km W94643.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-les-Atheux42573 km S95646.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Gemme17521 km S1,36534.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouzy-la-Forêt45263 km S1,21837.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Mespaul29441 km W94643.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme17521 km S1,36534.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
La Muraz74564 km SE1,04841.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-les-Atheux42573 km S95646.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maime04765 km SE92346.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 22 % · 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 Pendé'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-Jean-Trolimon29498 km SW99742.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle6294 km NE1,07335.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bon Repos sur Blavet22403 km SW1,24839.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Noordpeene5992 km NE82543.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens35316 km SW82448.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Prénessaye22377 km SW88537.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %