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Saint-Germain-de-Fresney

Eure · CA Evreux Portes de Normandie · INSEE 27544

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 15.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-Fresney (INSEE 27544) is in Eure (27), part of CA Evreux Portes de Normandie. Population 191 (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/27544-saint-germain-de-fresney

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 15,683 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.98109.81
Housing mix0.7353.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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
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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 111 peak 2012: 224 2023: 191 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 224 (2012) → 191 (2023): -14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 129 (1990) → 191 (2023): 48.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 13.3 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.0 km W (La Baronnie)Bakery — 2.6 km SE (Fresney)Food shop — 5.5 km S (Saint-André-de-l'Eure)Pharmacy — 5.5 km W (Prey)GP — 6.0 km S (Saint-André-de-l'Eure)
Primary school — 2.0 km WBakery — 2.6 km SEFood shop — 5.5 km SPharmacy — 5.5 km WGP — 6.0 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 (Fresney): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-André-de-l'Eure): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-André-de-l'Eure): 6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Prey): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (La Baronnie): 2 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the GUICHAINVILLE weather station, 8.2 km away at 147 m; the village itself is at 143 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at EVREUX-HUEST, 8.9 km away at 138 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 664 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at GUICHAINVILLE, 8.2 km away at 147 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27544/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27544/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27544/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27544/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27271
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27507
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27478
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27277
  12. 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
Parpeville02187 km NE1918.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Crennes-sur-Fraubée53132 km SW19210.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pargny-sous-Mureau88324 km E19010.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Cuqueron64643 km S1899.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
Bossancourt10255 km E1938No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Drouville54376 km E19112.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Crennes-sur-Fraubée53132 km SW19210.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Parpeville02187 km NE1918.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Bossancourt10255 km E1938No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Pargny-sous-Mureau88324 km E19010.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Drouville54376 km E19112.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cuqueron64643 km S1899.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %

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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-Germain-de-Fresney'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
Villers-Hélon02147 km E19311.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Foulangues6083 km NE19311.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Billy-sur-Ourcq02149 km E1949.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Turcey21307 km SE18711.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boncourt277.6 km N19016.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Diant77146 km SE1949.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %