Prey

Eure · CA Evreux Portes de Normandie · INSEE 27478

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

Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prey (INSEE 27478) is in Eure (27), part of CA Evreux Portes de Normandie. Population 953 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 14,595 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.33
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (OC'PREY). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PREY RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (FANNY PIERRE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	OC'PREY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MOREL	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	PREY RP	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	1	FANNY PIERRE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 391 2023: 953 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 930 (2012) → 953 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 841 (1990) → 953 (2023): 13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 437, of which 3.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.3 km NEGP — 2.6 km NWFood shop — 5.8 km NW 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 (Saint-Luc): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guichainville): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guichainville): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Prey): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Prey): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.5

Days at or below 0 °C 50.2

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GUICHAINVILLE weather station, 2.7 km away at 147 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at EVREUX-HUEST, 7 km away at 138 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 664 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GUICHAINVILLE, 2.7 km away at 147 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27478/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27478/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27478/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27478/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27560
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27306
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27478
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
Épierre	73	547 km SE	757	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Dompierre-Becquincourt	80	156 km NE	709	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sommedieue	55	310 km E	944	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Xeuilley	54	361 km E	959	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Westhalten	68	460 km E	1,017	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bassou	89	205 km SE	869	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dompierre-Becquincourt	80	156 km NE	709	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bassou	89	205 km SE	869	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Sommedieue	55	310 km E	944	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Xeuilley	54	361 km E	959	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Westhalten	68	460 km E	1,017	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Épierre	73	547 km SE	757	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Prey'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
Xeuilley	54	361 km E	959	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Westhalten	68	460 km E	1,017	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viterne	54	356 km E	738	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Valdampierre	60	72 km NE	941	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bézu-Saint-Germain	02	161 km E	991	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan	91	74 km SE	982	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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