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Courbépine

Eure · CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie · INSEE 27179

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courbépine (INSEE 27179) is in Eure (27), part of CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie. Population 733 (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/27179-courbepine

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,173 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 food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.71107.1
Housing mix0.8654.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'ECRAN). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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]
Restaurant2L'ECRANINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERNEST ANQUETILINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 446 2023: 733 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 723 (2012) → 733 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 606 (1990) → 733 (2023): 21 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 338, of which 7.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.5 km S (Bernay)Bakery — 4.5 km SE (Menneval)GP — 4.6 km SE (Bernay)Pharmacy — 4.7 km SE (Bernay)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km SBakery — 4.5 km SEGP — 4.6 km SEPharmacy — 4.7 km SE 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 (Menneval): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bernay): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Bernay): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bernay): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Courbépine): 0 km to the north (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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BERNAY weather station, 2.9 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 168 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BERNAY, 2.9 km away at 166 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 686 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BERNAY, 2.9 km away at 166 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27179/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27179/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27179/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27179/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27398
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27056
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27179
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Béceleuf79306 km S75029Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse40638 km S74531.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain37230 km S74529.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Theuville28116 km SE72929Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil86332 km S71724.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bard42472 km SE70030Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Theuville28116 km SE72929Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain37230 km S74529.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Béceleuf79306 km S75029Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil86332 km S71724.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bard42472 km SE70030Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse40638 km S74531.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Courbépine'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
Theuville28116 km SE72929Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cerisy-Belle-Étoile6194 km SW69325.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Auvers50138 km W68330.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Villequier-Aumont02200 km E68427.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vendeuvre1449 km W80030.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Beaudouin2761 km NE74128.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %