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Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon

Eure · CA Seine Normandie Agglomération · INSEE 27525

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

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon (INSEE 27525) is in Eure (27), part of CA Seine Normandie Agglomération. Population 312 (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/27525-sainte-colombe-pres-vernon

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,939 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.91109.12
Housing mix0.7753.85

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 0 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 (GIVERNY RESTAURATION SERVICES). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1GIVERNY RESTAURATION SERVICESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES QUATRE PAYSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 90 peak 2012: 316 2023: 312 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 316 (2012) → 312 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 312 (2023): 41.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 139, of which 11.5 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km NE (Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon)Bakery — 3.1 km SW (Chambray)Food shop — 3.1 km SE (Houlbec-Cocherel)GP — 7.2 km N (Gaillon)Pharmacy — 7.2 km S (Ménilles)
Primary school — 0.5 km NEBakery — 3.1 km SWFood shop — 3.1 km SEGP — 7.2 km NPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Chambray): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Houlbec-Cocherel): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Gaillon): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Ménilles): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [12]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the EVREUX-HUEST weather station, 11.4 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 129 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at EVREUX-HUEST, 11.4 km away at 138 m, over 30 summers. [13]

An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at PACY-SUR-EURE, 7.9 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27525/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27525/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27525/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27525/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27140
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27343
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27275
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27397
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27525
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saulchoy62144 km N32528.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Thénésol73535 km SE32629Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Laujuzan32598 km S29427.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Villard-Sallet73540 km SE31030.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Lupé42486 km SE31431.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Serrières71398 km SE30026.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saulchoy62144 km N32528.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Serrières71398 km SE30026.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lupé42486 km SE31431.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Thénésol73535 km SE32629Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Villard-Sallet73540 km SE31030.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Laujuzan32598 km S29427.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon'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
Sancy-lès-Provins77157 km E33931Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Dagny77140 km E30527.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-Roilaye60126 km E30127.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Émeringes69406 km SE27531.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hurbache88419 km E28527.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fouday67435 km E33327.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %