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Coltainville

Eure-et-Loir · CA Chartres Métropole · INSEE 28104

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

Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coltainville (INSEE 28104) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Chartres Métropole. Population 915 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/28104-coltainville

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 14,881 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.74107.42
Housing mix0.9254.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LAETITIA ET ARNAUD). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUX DELICES D'ASIE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA PLAINE). [4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (BALAYAGE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LAETITIA ET ARNAUDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1AUX DELICES D'ASIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar2BAR DE LA PLAINEINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DANIEL ALIXINSEE 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 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]
Hairdresser1BALAYAGE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 391 peak 2012: 923 2023: 915 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 923 (2012) → 915 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 737 (1990) → 915 (2023): 24.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 417, of which 4.1 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.6 km NE (Coltainville)GP — 3.6 km S (Nogent-le-Phaye)Pharmacy — 3.8 km NW (Jouy)Food shop — 3.9 km NW (Jouy)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NEGP — 3.6 km SPharmacy — 3.8 km NWFood shop — 3.9 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 (Coltainville): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Jouy): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Nogent-le-Phaye): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Jouy): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Coltainville): 0.3 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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHARTRES weather station, 6.8 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 142 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHARTRES, 6.8 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 622 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHARTRES, 6.8 km away at 155 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 — 28104/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28104/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28104/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28104/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28104
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28201
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28278
  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
Pontarmé60103 km NE90546.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Hondeghem59261 km N91645.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Chassemy02172 km NE89543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ars-Laquenexy57349 km E93447.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Machault7792 km E81545.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Jaillans26472 km SE1,00937.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Machault7792 km E81545.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Pontarmé60103 km NE90546.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chassemy02172 km NE89543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Hondeghem59261 km N91645.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Ars-Laquenexy57349 km E93447.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Jaillans26472 km SE1,00937.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Coltainville'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
Pontarmé60103 km NE90546.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chassemy02172 km NE89543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Noyant-de-Touraine37171 km SW1,16039.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cumières51184 km E68537.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Château-l'Abbaye59261 km NE91740Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Python59234 km NE97847.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %