Château-sur-Epte

Identity

Château-sur-Epte (INSEE 27152) is in Eure (27), part of CC du Vexin Normand. Population 659 (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/27152-chateau-sur-epte

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 16,687 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DOUCEURS SUCREES DE CERISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CASA DI OLIVIO). ^[3,4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CHAURANG, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT WALLERICH, MÉDECIN · PATRICK GARCES, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE MOINE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BERTHOMIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LPAC CHATEAU-SUR-EPTE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 599 (2012) → 659 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 632 (1990) → 659 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 3.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Château-sur-Epte): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Clair-sur-Epte): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Château-sur-Epte): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Château-sur-Epte): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Château-sur-Epte): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ETREPAGNY weather station, 11.6 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[10]

The village sits 53 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. ^[10]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DANGU, 5.1 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

47 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 208,487 € — 2,235 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

9 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 149,000 € — 1,566 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Eure is 1,500 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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 — 27152/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27152/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27152/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27152/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27152
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 95541
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025