Puchay

Eure · CC du Vexin Normand · INSEE 27480

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

Few services 32.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Puchay (INSEE 27480) is in Eure (27), part of CC du Vexin Normand. Population 605 (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 32.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,052 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	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.47

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 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (AMERICAN GRILL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PUCHAY AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	AMERICAN GRILL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PUCHAY AP	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	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

1968: 383 peak 2017: 626 2023: 605 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 572 (2012) → 605 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 380 (1990) → 605 (2023): 59.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 308, of which 15.3 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km SFood shop — 5.7 km EGP — 6.9 km SEPharmacy — 7.0 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 (Le Thil): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Longchamps): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Étrépagny): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Étrépagny): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Puchay): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 52.5

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ETREPAGNY weather station, 7.3 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[12]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ETREPAGNY, 7.3 km away at 92 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27480/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27480/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27480/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27480/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27632
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27372
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27226
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27480
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-Séglin	35	308 km SW	610	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Balsièges	48	560 km S	608	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Chandai	61	88 km SW	672	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	464 km S	573	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Chalmoux	71	350 km SE	639	25	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %
Lamonzie-Montastruc	24	500 km S	708	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chandai	61	88 km SW	672	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Séglin	35	308 km SW	610	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Chalmoux	71	350 km SE	639	25	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	464 km S	573	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Lamonzie-Montastruc	24	500 km S	708	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Balsièges	48	560 km S	608	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %

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Elsewhere

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