Épaignes

Eure · CC Lieuvin Pays d'Auge · INSEE 27218

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

Partly served 55.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épaignes (INSEE 27218) is in Eure (27), part of CC Lieuvin Pays d'Auge. Population 1,597 (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/27218-epaignes

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 11,173 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.97	10	9.65
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON MORIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE DU BOURG). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (ALTAY VAHDET · BAR DES SPORTS · LE TOSNY - INSTITUT LE TOSNY). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CHAT QUI FUME). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MICHEL QUESTE, MÉDECIN · DOMITILLE RABEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'EPAIGNES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (CORINNE COIFFURE · LES CREATIONS DE LAURA). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE TOSNY - INSTITUT LE TOSNY). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON MORIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE DU BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SUPERETTE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	ALTAY VAHDET · BAR DES SPORTS · LE TOSNY - INSTITUT LE TOSNY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CHAT QUI FUME	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL HOCQUARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-MICHEL QUESTE, MÉDECIN · DOMITILLE RABEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D'EPAIGNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	3	CORINNE COIFFURE · LES CREATIONS DE LAURA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE TOSNY - INSTITUT LE TOSNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 947 peak 2017: 1,617 2023: 1,597 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,434 (2012) → 1,597 (2023): 11.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,090 (1990) → 1,597 (2023): 46.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 803, of which 14.6 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Épaignes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Épaignes): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Épaignes): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Épaignes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Épaignes): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 42.2

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BEUZEVILLE weather station, 7.1 km away at 133 m; the village itself is at 154 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BOULLEVILLE, 9.7 km away at 122 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BEUZEVILLE, 7.1 km away at 133 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27218
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
Saint-Émilion	33	490 km S	1,608	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Pouilly-sur-Loire	58	290 km SE	1,635	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Thorigné-sur-Dué	72	138 km S	1,637	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chouzé-sur-Loire	37	228 km S	2,132	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Provenchères-et-Colroy	88	498 km E	1,283	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rosières	43	533 km SE	1,548	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thorigné-sur-Dué	72	138 km S	1,637	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chouzé-sur-Loire	37	228 km S	2,132	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pouilly-sur-Loire	58	290 km SE	1,635	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Émilion	33	490 km S	1,608	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Provenchères-et-Colroy	88	498 km E	1,283	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rosières	43	533 km SE	1,548	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Épaignes'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Provenchères-et-Colroy	88	498 km E	1,283	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Hornoy-le-Bourg	80	123 km NE	1,622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferrière-aux-Étangs	61	98 km SW	1,506	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Écouves	61	90 km S	1,663	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hallencourt	80	130 km NE	1,351	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Héricourt-en-Caux	76	50 km N	941	72.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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