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Ponthoile

Somme · CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre · INSEE 80633

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

Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ponthoile (INSEE 80633) is in Somme (80), part of CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre. Population 563 (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/80633-ponthoile

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,386 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0.43104.32
Public & culture050
Population trend0.62106.22
Housing mix0.4552.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (OPTIMARKET). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BAIE K'TEE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MELANIE SOMMERMONT, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE DELEU, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA SAFRIÈRE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Supermarket1OPTIMARKETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LA BAIE K'TEEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2MELANIE SOMMERMONT, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE DELEU, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [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]
Campsite1CAMPING LA SAFRIÈREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 599 peak 2012: 618 2023: 563 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 618 (2012) → 563 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 502 (1990) → 563 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 27.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.9 km W (Ponthoile)Primary school — 4.8 km E (Nouvion)Bakery — 4.9 km E (Nouvion)Pharmacy — 4.9 km E (Nouvion)
In the commune GP Food shop — 1.9 km WPrimary school — 4.8 km EBakery — 4.9 km EPharmacy — 4.9 km E 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 (Nouvion): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ponthoile): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Ponthoile): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Nouvion): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Nouvion): 4.8 km to the east (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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NOUVION-EN-PONTHIEU weather station, 5.3 km away at 23 m; the village itself is at 10 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-HOURDEL, 10.4 km away at 4 m, over 11 summers. [10]

An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NOYELLES-SUR-MER, 4.2 km away at 9 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 — 80633/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80633/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80633/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80633/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80598
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80633
  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
Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes63542 km S54830.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 19 % · humidity 79 %
Ayzac-Ost65812 km S47339Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 55 %
Wasserbourg68467 km SE46528.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Harcanville7688 km SW52239.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Colombe50257 km SW62633.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Le Quillio22400 km SW59731.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Harcanville7688 km SW52239.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Colombe50257 km SW62633.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Le Quillio22400 km SW59731.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Wasserbourg68467 km SE46528.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes63542 km S54830.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 19 % · humidity 79 %
Ayzac-Ost65812 km S47339Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 55 %

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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 Ponthoile'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-Pierre-d'Entremont38617 km SE58139Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Manou28196 km S60839Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Mooslargue68503 km SE40121.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Anteuil25474 km SE60241.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Le Neufbourg50259 km SW39728.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Boismont807.3 km S44125.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %