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Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray

Eure · CA Seine-Eure · INSEE 27537

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray (INSEE 27537) is in Eure (27), part of CA Seine-Eure. Population 896 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/27537-saint-etienne-du-vauvray

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 14,966 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 & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.82108.18
Housing mix0.9654.8

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 1 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 (GOMEZ LOPEZ ETIENNE). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DANIEL DUGORD). [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. [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]
Restaurant1GOMEZ LOPEZ ETIENNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DANIEL DUGORDINSEE BPE 1 [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: 628 2023: 896 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 825 (2012) → 896 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 680 (1990) → 896 (2023): 31.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 394, of which 2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.1 km NW (Le Vaudreuil)Bakery — 1.2 km NW (Le Vaudreuil)Pharmacy — 1.2 km NW (Le Vaudreuil)GP — 1.5 km NW (Le Vaudreuil)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km NWBakery — 1.2 km NWPharmacy — 1.2 km NWGP — 1.5 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 (Le Vaudreuil): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Vaudreuil): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Le Vaudreuil): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Le Vaudreuil): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LOUVIERS weather station, 5.2 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 20 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MUIDS, 5.3 km away at 31 m, over 19 summers. [10]

An average of 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LOUVIERS, 5.2 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27537/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27537/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27537/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27537/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27528
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27537
  10. 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
La Barben13694 km SE86838.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Étouvans25452 km SE82329.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Ottersthal67450 km E80529Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Wentzwiller68499 km E78037.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Émerchicourt59188 km NE80426.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-sur-le-Roule279.8 km SE82933.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villers-sur-le-Roule279.8 km SE82933.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Émerchicourt59188 km NE80426.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ottersthal67450 km E80529Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Étouvans25452 km SE82329.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Wentzwiller68499 km E78037.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
La Barben13694 km SE86838.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray'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
Ottersthal67450 km E80529Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-sur-le-Roule279.8 km SE82933.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Avolsheim67466 km E74534.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ageux60101 km E1,15328.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Wintershouse67476 km E86932.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Guibeville91108 km SE92340.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %