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Sainte-Marie-d'Attez

Eure · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 27578

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

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Marie-d'Attez (INSEE 27578) is in Eure (27), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 575 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: Dame-Marie (27195), Saint-Nicolas-d'Attez (27573). [3]

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/27578-sainte-marie-d-attez

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,327 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7553.74

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. [4,5]

2 × Restaurant (JEDO). [4,5]

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. [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant2JEDOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 393 peak 2017: 599 2023: 575 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 541 (2012) → 575 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 361 (1990) → 575 (2023): 59.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 302, of which 12.6 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.3 km N (Mesnils-sur-Iton)Bakery — 4.6 km NW (Breteuil)GP — 4.6 km NW (Breteuil)Food shop — 4.7 km NW (Breteuil)Pharmacy — 4.7 km NW (Breteuil)
Primary school — 3.3 km NBakery — 4.6 km NWGP — 4.6 km NWFood shop — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 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 (Breteuil): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Breteuil): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Breteuil): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Breteuil): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Mesnils-sur-Iton): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PISEUX weather station, 3.8 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 167 m. [11]

An average of 671 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PISEUX, 3.8 km away at 176 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27578/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27578/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27578/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27578/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27112
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27198
  11. 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
Lolif50172 km W60419.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Saint-André-sur-Sèvre79256 km SW63719.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Magnac-lès-Gardes16371 km S74124Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Merlas38516 km SE46523.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 45 %
Agnac47465 km S48220.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 80 %
Colombiers-du-Plessis53140 km W48215.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Colombiers-du-Plessis53140 km W48215.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Lolif50172 km W60419.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Saint-André-sur-Sèvre79256 km SW63719.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Magnac-lès-Gardes16371 km S74124Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Agnac47465 km S48220.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 80 %
Merlas38516 km SE46523.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 45 %

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