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Béthonvilliers

Eure-et-Loir · CC du Perche · INSEE 28038

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

No daily shops 8.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Béthonvilliers (INSEE 28038) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC du Perche. Population 132 (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/28038-bethonvilliers

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 13,055 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.41104.1
Housing mix0.653.02

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: 180 2023: 132 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 147 (2012) → 132 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 132 (2023): -9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 19.8 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.7 km S (Authon-du-Perche)Bakery — 3.1 km S (Authon-du-Perche)Primary school — 3.1 km SW (Authon-du-Perche)GP — 3.2 km S (Authon-du-Perche)Pharmacy — 3.2 km S (Authon-du-Perche)
Food shop — 1.7 km SBakery — 3.1 km SPrimary school — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.2 km SPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Authon-du-Perche): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Authon-du-Perche): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Authon-du-Perche): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Authon-du-Perche): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Authon-du-Perche): 3.1 km to the south-west (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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the VICHERES weather station, 4 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 219 m. [9]

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

Humidity measured at VICHERES, 4 km away at 235 m, over 19 summers. [9]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at AUTHON, 2.9 km away at 233 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 — 28038/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28038/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28038/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28038/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28018
  9. 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-Michel-sous-Bois62266 km N13112.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villaines-la-Carelle7248 km W1326.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Villemorin17263 km S1307.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Meuvaines14164 km NW1369.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Barbezières16268 km S1347.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Hem-Monacu80239 km NE13714.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villaines-la-Carelle7248 km W1326.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Meuvaines14164 km NW1369.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Hem-Monacu80239 km NE13714.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villemorin17263 km S1307.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-sous-Bois62266 km N13112.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Barbezières16268 km S1347.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Béthonvilliers'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
Saint-Michel-sous-Bois62266 km N13112.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hem-Monacu80239 km NE13714.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vraignes-en-Vermandois80243 km NE1308.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vitz-sur-Authie80241 km N13610.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive6190 km NW13410.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pleine-Sève76178 km N1339.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %