Ambenay

Eure · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 27009

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

No daily shops 10.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambenay (INSEE 27009) is in Eure (27), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 544 (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/27009-ambenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 17,545 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.63
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.16

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DE LA RISLE). ^[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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL DE LA RISLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 502 peak 2012: 580 2023: 544 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 580 (2012) → 544 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 512 (1990) → 544 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 18.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.8 km SWBakery — 2.0 km SWGP — 2.2 km SWPrimary school — 2.3 km SWPharmacy — 8.1 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 (Rugles): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rugles): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rugles): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Neuve-Lyre): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rugles): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 63.7

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES BOTTEREAUX weather station, 5.6 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[10]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES BOTTEREAUX, 5.6 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27009/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27009/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27009/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27009/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27502
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27431
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Givre	85	308 km SW	535	15.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 %
Celles-sur-Ource	10	284 km E	490	10	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Surville	14	64 km NW	473	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Loup	82	528 km S	531	10.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 64 %
Montigny-le-Chartif	28	69 km SE	586	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine	79	265 km SW	501	9.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Surville	14	64 km NW	473	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 47 %
Montigny-le-Chartif	28	69 km SE	586	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine	79	265 km SW	501	9.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Celles-sur-Ource	10	284 km E	490	10	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Le Givre	85	308 km SW	535	15.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Loup	82	528 km S	531	10.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 64 %

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