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Ribemont-sur-Ancre

Somme · CC du Val de Somme · INSEE 80672

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ribemont-sur-Ancre (INSEE 80672) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Val de Somme. Population 609 (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/80672-ribemont-sur-ancre

Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 16,993 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
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.7553.74
Population trend0.58105.76
Housing mix0.9654.8

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 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VAL D'ANCRE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RIBEMONT SUR ANCRE AP). [3]

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RIBEMONT SUR ANCRE LIRE EN CAMPAGNE · MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LA FILATURE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (DEPARIS). [3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING · CAMPING DES QUATRE DERNIERS). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste). [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN DE LA FONTAINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DU VAL D'ANCREINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1RIBEMONT SUR ANCRE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library2BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RIBEMONT SUR ANCRE LIRE EN CAMPAGNE · MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LA FILATUREINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1DEPARISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite2CAMPING · CAMPING DES QUATRE DERNIERSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 476 peak 2017: 679 2023: 609 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 603 (2012) → 609 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 566 (1990) → 609 (2023): 7.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 301, of which 2 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 1.9 km E (Treux)Bakery — 4.3 km W (Franvillers)GP — 6.6 km E (Méaulte)Pharmacy — 6.6 km NW (Warloy-Baillon)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km EBakery — 4.3 km WGP — 6.6 km EPharmacy — 6.6 km NW 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 (Franvillers): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Treux): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Méaulte): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Warloy-Baillon): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Ribemont-sur-Ancre): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the MEAULTE weather station, 9.9 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 41 m. [13]

The village sits 66 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at MEAULTE, 9.9 km away at 107 m, over 28 summers. [13]

That station sits 66 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at ALBERT, 7 km away at 54 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80672/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80672/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80672/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80672/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80350
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80769
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80523
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80820
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80672
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Bienvillers-au-Bois6224 km N67138.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Authezat63484 km S66136.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marsaz26567 km S71436Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Gironville-sur-Essonne91177 km S76024.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Champdôtre21369 km SE60024.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Mondicourt6225 km N60021.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bienvillers-au-Bois6224 km N67138.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mondicourt6225 km N60021.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Gironville-sur-Essonne91177 km S76024.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Champdôtre21369 km SE60024.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Authezat63484 km S66136.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marsaz26567 km S71436Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 80 % · 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 Ribemont-sur-Ancre'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
Bienvillers-au-Bois6224 km N67138.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mondicourt6225 km N60021.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cardonnette8015 km W51315No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cauroy-lès-Hermonville51119 km SE51419No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Combles8022 km E75734Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Gastins77152 km S74133.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %