Ville-sur-Ancre

Identity

Ville-sur-Ancre (INSEE 80807) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Pays du Coquelicot. Population 281 (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/80807-ville-sur-ancre

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,659 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VILLE SUR ANCRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 274 (2012) → 281 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 225 (1990) → 281 (2023): 24.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 27.8 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Méaulte): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Treux): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Méaulte): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Albert): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ville-sur-Ancre): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the MEAULTE weather station, 6.7 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 43 m. ^[12]

The village sits 64 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MEAULTE, 6.7 km away at 107 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 64 m above 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 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ALBERT, 4.5 km away at 54 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

37 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 109,260 € — 983 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Somme is 1,471 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80807/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80807/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80807/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80807/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80523
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80769
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80016
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80807
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025