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Écouis

Eure · CA Seine Normandie Agglomération · INSEE 27214

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Écouis (INSEE 27214) is in Eure (27), part of CA Seine Normandie Agglomération. Population 863 (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/27214-ecouis

Vitality score

Vitality score 56/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 15,202 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 food0.422510.54
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.71107.09
Housing mix0.9354.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (F L'EURE PIZZA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARAMCIE DE LA COLLEGIALE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (KERATINE COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1LIDLINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1F L'EURE PIZZAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARAMCIE DE LA COLLEGIALEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1KERATINE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 781 2023: 863 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 822 (2012) → 863 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 714 (1990) → 863 (2023): 20.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 352, of which 3.4 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 0.7 km SE (Écouis)Bakery — 2.7 km SW (Frenelles-en-Vexin)GP — 7.1 km S (Les Andelys)
In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 km SEBakery — 2.7 km SWGP — 7.1 km S 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 (Frenelles-en-Vexin): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Écouis): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Les Andelys): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Écouis): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Écouis): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LES ANDELYS weather station, 7.4 km away at 16 m; the village itself is at 153 m. [11]

The village sits 137 m above 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. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MUIDS, 14.6 km away at 31 m, over 19 summers. [11]

That station sits 122 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LES ANDELYS, 7.4 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

53 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 160,000 € — 1,402 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Eure is 1,500 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]

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 — 27214/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27214/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27214/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27214/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27070
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27214
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27016
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Faverney70384 km SE98054.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sougé-le-Ganelon72154 km SW82650.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Lembeye64662 km S83863.5ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux71386 km SE83060.9ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Ginestet24495 km S76250.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Ossès64706 km S87859.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sougé-le-Ganelon72154 km SW82650.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Faverney70384 km SE98054.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux71386 km SE83060.9ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Ginestet24495 km S76250.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Lembeye64662 km S83863.5ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 58 %
Ossès64706 km S87859.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · 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 Écouis'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
Longeau-Percey52333 km SE68862.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Étréaupont02191 km E83957Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzy51199 km E82551.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Prunay-le-Gillon28106 km S1,16436.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Acheux-en-Amiénois80116 km NE59066ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cuts60123 km E94953.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %