Fains
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fains (INSEE 27231) is in Eure (27), part of CA Seine Normandie Agglomération. Population 409 (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 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 28 % of the 17,978 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.52 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PLANTES A BON'EURE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PLANTES A BON'EURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 394 (2012) → 409 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 355 (1990) → 409 (2023): 15.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 9.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pacy-sur-Eure): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fains): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Pacy-sur-Eure): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Pacy-sur-Eure): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Pacy-sur-Eure): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA COUTURE-BOUS weather station, 11.4 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 44 m. [10]
The village sits 90 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at EVREUX-HUEST, 12.5 km away at 138 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 94 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PACY-SUR-EURE, 3.7 km away at 38 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 — 27231/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27231/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27231/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27231/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 27448
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 27231
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envronville | 76 | 90 km NW | 367 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Escombres-et-le-Chesnois | 08 | 282 km E | 342 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aubeterre | 10 | 210 km E | 398 | 23.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon | 79 | 247 km SW | 325 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 % |
| Juillé | 72 | 125 km SW | 407 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 % |
| Gasques | 82 | 540 km S | 404 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envronville | 76 | 90 km NW | 367 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Juillé | 72 | 125 km SW | 407 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 % |
| Aubeterre | 10 | 210 km E | 398 | 23.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon | 79 | 247 km SW | 325 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 % |
| Escombres-et-le-Chesnois | 08 | 282 km E | 342 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gasques | 82 | 540 km S | 404 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Fains'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millery | 21 | 272 km SE | 410 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laval-en-Brie | 77 | 134 km SE | 412 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maisons | 28 | 73 km SE | 408 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barro | 16 | 344 km S | 413 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moléans | 28 | 98 km S | 433 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuil | 37 | 213 km S | 413 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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