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Le Val-David

Eure · CA Evreux Portes de Normandie · INSEE 27668

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Val-David (INSEE 27668) is in Eure (27), part of CA Evreux Portes de Normandie. Population 664 (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/27668-le-val-david

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 16,648 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.47104.71
Housing mix0.9254.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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”.

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE VAL DAVID AP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)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 postale1LE VAL DAVID APINSEE BPE 1 [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: 183 peak 2007: 757 2023: 664 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 756 (2012) → 664 (2023): -12.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 684 (1990) → 664 (2023): -2.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 4 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.9 km SW (Saint-Luc)Pharmacy — 3.8 km SW (Prey)GP — 4.7 km W (Guichainville)Food shop — 5.1 km N (Gauciel)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km SWPharmacy — 3.8 km SWGP — 4.7 km WFood shop — 5.1 km N 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-Luc): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gauciel): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Guichainville): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Prey): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Le Val-David): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [12]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the EVREUX-HUEST weather station, 4.7 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 133 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at EVREUX-HUEST, 4.7 km away at 138 m, over 30 summers. [13]

An average of 602 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.3 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at EVREUX-HUEST, 4.7 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27668/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27668/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27668/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27668/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27560
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27280
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27306
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27478
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27668
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Saint-Just18241 km SE65621.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Bonnières62158 km NE65920.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Magny2871 km S66423.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montbeugny03321 km SE63822.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grandvillers88407 km E71621.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Réparsac16379 km S63123Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Magny2871 km S66423.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnières62158 km NE65920.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just18241 km SE65621.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Montbeugny03321 km SE63822.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Réparsac16379 km S63123Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Grandvillers88407 km E71621.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Le Val-David'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
Magny2871 km S66423.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Talmontiers6057 km NE64320.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Martainville-Épreville7653 km N74623.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Hargicourt02177 km NE54520.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Val-des-Marais51199 km E54921.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt02209 km NE54319No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %