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Saint-Acheul

Somme · CC du Territoire Nord Picardie · INSEE 80697

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

No daily shops 11.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Acheul (INSEE 80697) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Territoire Nord Picardie. Population 36 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/80697-saint-acheul

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 2,868 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 trend0.56105.59
Housing mix0.7953.95

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: 50 2023: 36 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 29 (2012) → 36 (2023): 24.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 34 (1990) → 36 (2023): 5.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 19, of which 10.5 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.5 km N (Beauvoir-Wavans)Food shop — 5.3 km NW (Auxi-le-Château)Pharmacy — 5.3 km NW (Auxi-le-Château)GP — 5.4 km NW (Auxi-le-Château)Bakery — 5.7 km NW (Auxi-le-Château)
Primary school — 2.5 km NFood shop — 5.3 km NWPharmacy — 5.3 km NWGP — 5.4 km NWBakery — 5.7 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 (Auxi-le-Château): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Auxi-le-Château): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Auxi-le-Château): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Auxi-le-Château): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Beauvoir-Wavans): 2.5 km to the north (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 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BERNAVILLE weather station, 5.7 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 60 m. [10]

The village sits 86 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at BERNAVILLE, 5.7 km away at 146 m, over 28 summers. [10]

That station sits 86 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BERNAVILLE, 5.7 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80697/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80697/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80697/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80697/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62060
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62881
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Faurilles24620 km S365.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Champigneulles-en-Bassigny52341 km SE364.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Monthaut11791 km S3711.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Hélier21362 km SE3614.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Maison-des-Champs10278 km SE3610.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Thouars-sur-Arize09782 km S3810.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 82 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maison-des-Champs10278 km SE3610.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Champigneulles-en-Bassigny52341 km SE364.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hélier21362 km SE3614.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Faurilles24620 km S365.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Thouars-sur-Arize09782 km S3810.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 82 %
Monthaut11791 km S3711.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Saint-Acheul'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
Reigneville-Bocage50275 km W3412.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-lès-Franqueville02125 km E397.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Avondance6232 km N3310.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ugny-l'Équipée8077 km SE294.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grincourt-lès-Pas6224 km E326.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Buverchy8077 km SE419No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %