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Saint-Laurent-des-Bois

Eure · CA Evreux Portes de Normandie · INSEE 27555

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

Few services 21.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Laurent-des-Bois (INSEE 27555) is in Eure (27), part of CA Evreux Portes de Normandie. Population 243 (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/27555-saint-laurent-des-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,055 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.82108.21
Housing mix0.7853.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SAVEURS EURASIAN). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1SAVEURS EURASIANINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 58 peak 2017: 248 2023: 243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 245 (2012) → 243 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 184 (1990) → 243 (2023): 32.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 101, of which 10.9 % second homes and 1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.8 km S (Marcilly-sur-Eure)Primary school — 2.8 km SE (Marcilly-sur-Eure)GP — 2.9 km SE (Marcilly-sur-Eure)Bakery — 3.0 km SE (Marcilly-sur-Eure)Pharmacy — 3.0 km SE (Marcilly-sur-Eure)
Food shop — 0.8 km SPrimary school — 2.8 km SEGP — 2.9 km SEBakery — 3.0 km SEPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Marcilly-sur-Eure): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marcilly-sur-Eure): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Marcilly-sur-Eure): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Marcilly-sur-Eure): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Marcilly-sur-Eure): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LA COUTURE-BOUS weather station, 8.5 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 132 m. [9]

An average of 637 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at COUDRES, 5.7 km away at 149 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27555/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27555/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27555/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27555/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27391
  9. 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
Amance10243 km E24518.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Louville-la-Chenard2867 km SE24518.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %
Marcieux73492 km SE24023.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 50 %
Longpont02147 km E24915.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 80 %
Chargey-lès-Port70368 km E23820.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Chessenaz74465 km SE23923.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Louville-la-Chenard2867 km SE24518.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %
Longpont02147 km E24915.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 80 %
Amance10243 km E24518.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Chargey-lès-Port70368 km E23820.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Chessenaz74465 km SE23923.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Marcieux73492 km SE24023.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 50 %

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