Bâlines

Eure · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 27036

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

Few services 22.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bâlines (INSEE 27036) is in Eure (27), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 545 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,551 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.79	10	7.95
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME DU LOUVIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BALINES LA FERME DU LOUVIER LPP RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	LA FERME DU LOUVIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1	BALINES LA FERME DU LOUVIER LPP RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 264 peak 2017: 567 2023: 545 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 504 (2012) → 545 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 421 (1990) → 545 (2023): 29.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 8.6 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.5 km NEPrimary school — 3.0 km WGP — 3.0 km WBakery — 3.7 km WPharmacy — 3.7 km W 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 (Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bâlines): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 54.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PISEUX weather station, 3.5 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[10]

An average of 671 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PISEUX, 3.5 km away at 176 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 — 27036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27679
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27036
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
Dannemoine	89	240 km E	452	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Lichtenberg	67	476 km E	527	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
La Ferté-Chevresis	02	217 km NE	526	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Bulligny	54	358 km E	538	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Culmont	52	346 km E	538	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Demange-Baudignécourt	55	330 km E	508	9.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Ferté-Chevresis	02	217 km NE	526	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Dannemoine	89	240 km E	452	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Demange-Baudignécourt	55	330 km E	508	9.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Culmont	52	346 km E	538	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Bulligny	54	358 km E	538	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Lichtenberg	67	476 km E	527	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %

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