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Saint-Marcel

Eure · CA Seine Normandie Agglomération · INSEE 27562

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 54.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Marcel (INSEE 27562) is in Eure (27), part of CA Seine Normandie Agglomération. Population 4,512 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/27562-saint-marcel

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 5,079 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 food0.492512.19
Social0.762015.27
Education0.22102.21
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.53105.26
Housing mix0.9654.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LEONIDAS · ISA 3 · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · AUX SAVEURS D'AUTREFOIS · AUX 3 DOUCEURS). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES ELEVEURS DE LA CHARENTONNE). [3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOCOOP · MANGEONS FRAIS · L'EPICERIE DU PASSE). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SAINT MARCEL DISTRIBUTION · LIDL). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. [3,4]

9 × Restaurant (MANDARIN GARDEN · LA PATATERIE · SUSHI KYODAI · AU BON KEBAB). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (BISTROT DU PARKING · LA GITANE · COLOMBUS CAFE SAINT MARCEL). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIA MONTESSORI). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LEONARD DE VINCI). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (TIFFANY LUCAS-LOPEZ, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LIBERMANN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE GUERET-MALEDON, MÉDECIN · MELANIE MAINGANT, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES MOUSQUETAIRES · PHARMACIE SAINT MARCEL VILLAGE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ESPACE SAINT-EXUPERY). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COSEC · COMPLEXE LEO LAGRANGE). [3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE NORMANDIE-SEINE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE). [3]

6 × Hairdresser (ARC EN CIEL COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE NINA · SYANA). [3,4]

4 × Hotel (HÔTEL MONT VERNON · HÔTEL NELL · HÔTEL RESTAURANT BARYTON · MELINESS). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Fishmonger, 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)5LEONIDAS · ISA 3 · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · AUX SAVEURS D'AUTREFOIS · AUX 3 DOUCEURSINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LES ELEVEURS DE LA CHARENTONNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)3BIOCOOP · MANGEONS FRAIS · L'EPICERIE DU PASSEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket2SAINT MARCEL DISTRIBUTION · LIDLINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant9MANDARIN GARDEN · LA PATATERIE · SUSHI KYODAI · AU BON KEBABINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar4BISTROT DU PARKING · LA GITANE · COLOMBUS CAFE SAINT MARCELINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIA MONTESSORIINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE LEONARD DE VINCIINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4TIFFANY LUCAS-LOPEZ, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LIBERMANN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE GUERET-MALEDON, MÉDECIN · MELANIE MAINGANT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE DES MOUSQUETAIRES · PHARMACIE SAINT MARCEL VILLAGEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE ESPACE SAINT-EXUPERYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2COSEC · COMPLEXE LEO LAGRANGEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE NORMANDIE-SEINE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIREINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser6ARC EN CIEL COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE NINA · SYANAINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel4HÔTEL MONT VERNON · HÔTEL NELL · HÔTEL RESTAURANT BARYTON · MELINESSINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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: 3,470 peak 1999: 4,982 2023: 4,512 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,708 (2012) → 4,512 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 4,398 (1990) → 4,512 (2023): 2.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,253, of which 1.9 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km NE (Saint-Marcel)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km NE 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 (Saint-Marcel): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Marcel): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Marcel): 0.4 km to the north-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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LES ANDELYS weather station, 16.7 km away at 16 m; the village itself is at 50 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at EVREUX-HUEST, 18.2 km away at 138 m, over 30 summers. [9]

That station sits 88 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at TILLY, 7.9 km away at 150 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 — 27562/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27562/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27562/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27562/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27562
  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
Chaponnay69467 km SE4,54858.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Gréasque13704 km SE4,55452.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Labège31619 km S4,39264.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Thourotte60113 km NE4,46354.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu69468 km SE4,61655.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Morigny-Champigny9190 km SE4,41248.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Morigny-Champigny9190 km SE4,41248.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Thourotte60113 km NE4,46354.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chaponnay69467 km SE4,54858.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu69468 km SE4,61655.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Labège31619 km S4,39264.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Gréasque13704 km SE4,55452.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Marcel'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
Morigny-Champigny9190 km SE4,41248.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ecquevilly7838 km SE4,27939.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grésy-sur-Aix73505 km SE4,74059.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche7850 km SE4,96546.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Crécy-la-Chapelle77110 km E4,97358.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Mézières-sur-Seine7830 km SE3,92347.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %