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Saint-Sauflieu

Somme · CA Amiens Métropole · INSEE 80717

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

Partly served 48.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sauflieu (INSEE 80717) is in Somme (80), part of CA Amiens Métropole. Population 976 (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/80717-saint-sauflieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 14,460 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0.75107.48
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.58105.8
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LES 4 SAVEURS). [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE CELISSE, MÉDECIN · CORALIE DUTITRE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT SAUFLIEU). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 / bar2LES 4 SAVEURSINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2PIERRE CELISSE, MÉDECIN · CORALIE DUTITRE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT SAUFLIEU APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT SAUFLIEUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 691 peak 2017: 995 2023: 976 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 971 (2012) → 976 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 904 (1990) → 976 (2023): 8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 452, of which 1.3 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.8 km SE (Oresmaux)Food shop — 4.7 km NW (Bacouel-sur-Selle)Pharmacy — 7.6 km N (Saleux)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.8 km SEFood shop — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 7.6 km N 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 (Oresmaux): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bacouel-sur-Selle): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Sauflieu): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saleux): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Saint-Sauflieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the DURY-LES-AMIENS weather station, 9.4 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 118 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at AMIENS-GLISY, 13 km away at 60 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 672 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at AILLY-SUR-NOYE, 9.1 km away at 97 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80717/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80717/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80717/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80717/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80611
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80050
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80717
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80724
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pouru-Saint-Remy08204 km E1,10633.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Boulzicourt08176 km E96642.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Connantre51169 km SE1,01132.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-sur-Allier03356 km S1,02438.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Verzenay51154 km SE99153Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Norrent-Fontes6289 km N1,38136.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Norrent-Fontes6289 km N1,38136.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Verzenay51154 km SE99153Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Connantre51169 km SE1,01132.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Boulzicourt08176 km E96642.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pouru-Saint-Remy08204 km E1,10633.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sur-Allier03356 km S1,02438.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · 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 Saint-Sauflieu'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
Connantre51169 km SE1,01132.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Verzenay51154 km SE99153Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Acy-en-Multien6092 km SE82150.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Étrœungt59124 km E1,23328.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-Saint-Vaast6273 km NE1,62837.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tillé6038 km S1,25843.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %