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Saint-Blimont

Somme · CA de la Baie de Somme · INSEE 80700

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Blimont (INSEE 80700) is in Somme (80), part of CA de la Baie de Somme. Population 883 (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/80700-saint-blimont

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 15,072 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.34103.44
Housing mix0.8654.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (REVISITER). [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROMAIN BOUCHER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BLIMONT LPAC AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-BLIMONT). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CLEMENCE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [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]
Restaurant1REVISITERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE DUPONTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ROMAIN BOUCHER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT BLIMONT LPAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-BLIMONTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CLEMENCE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPINGINSEE 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: 958 peak 1982: 1,056 2023: 883 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 936 (2012) → 883 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,046 (1990) → 883 (2023): -15.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 473, of which 6.8 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.3 km S (Friville-Escarbotin)Bakery — 3.7 km S (Friville-Escarbotin)Pharmacy — 3.8 km S (Friville-Escarbotin)
In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.3 km SBakery — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.8 km S 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 (Friville-Escarbotin): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Friville-Escarbotin): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Blimont): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Friville-Escarbotin): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Blimont): 0.1 km to the south-east (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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CAYEUX-SUR-MER weather station, 8.2 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 50 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 8.2 km away at 4 m, over 18 summers. [10]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VAUDRICOURT, 1.6 km away at 58 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 — 80700/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80700/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80700/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80700/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80368
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80700
  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
Souvigné37302 km S93339.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Biziat01501 km SE88942.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 73 %
Limony07581 km SE83343.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Mesmin10253 km SE90937.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Bernay-Saint-Martin17480 km S77038.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Val-du-Mignon79467 km S1,09233.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Mesmin10253 km SE90937.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Souvigné37302 km S93339.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Val-du-Mignon79467 km S1,09233.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 78 %
Bernay-Saint-Martin17480 km S77038.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Biziat01501 km SE88942.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 73 %
Limony07581 km SE83343.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Blimont'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-Sauveur29445 km SW84933.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Étoutteville7675 km SW84135.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Nibas802.7 km SE82827.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clet22377 km SW87737.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Confort-Meilars29493 km SW86133.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Valines806.2 km SE65529.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %