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Dancy

Eure-et-Loir · CC du Bonnevalais · INSEE 28126

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

No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dancy (INSEE 28126) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC du Bonnevalais. Population 202 (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/28126-dancy

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 16,005 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 trend0.57105.69
Housing mix0.9254.58

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (POIRIER NADIA YVETTE GISELE). [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]
Hairdresser1POIRIER NADIA YVETTE GISELEINSEE 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: 216 peak 2012: 237 2023: 202 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 237 (2012) → 202 (2023): -14.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 189 (1990) → 202 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 4.2 % second homes and 20.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.5 km SW (Conie-Molitard)GP — 6.6 km S (Villemaury)Pharmacy — 6.6 km NW (Bonneval)Bakery — 6.7 km NW (Bonneval)Food shop — 6.7 km NW (Bonneval)
Primary school — 4.5 km SWGP — 6.6 km SPharmacy — 6.6 km NWBakery — 6.7 km NWFood shop — 6.7 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 (Bonneval): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bonneval): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Villemaury): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bonneval): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Conie-Molitard): 4.5 km to the south-west (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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PRE-ST-EVROULT weather station, 3.5 km away at 129 m; the village itself is at 141 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at PRE-ST-EVROULT, 3.5 km away at 129 m, over 24 summers. [11]

An average of 592 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PRE-ST-EVROULT, 3.5 km away at 129 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 — 28126/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28126/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28126/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28126/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28051
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28330
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28106
  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
Rougeries02250 km NE2008.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Suriauville88326 km E20013.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Hary02256 km NE20310.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Erches80196 km NE20117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lhéraule60152 km N20317.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montot21305 km E20611.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lhéraule60152 km N20317.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Erches80196 km NE20117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rougeries02250 km NE2008.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hary02256 km NE20310.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montot21305 km E20611.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Suriauville88326 km E20013.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · 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 Dancy'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
Hary02256 km NE20310.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Erches80196 km NE20117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lhéraule60152 km N20317.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villemorien10211 km E20311.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Maucourt80206 km NE20517.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pargny80215 km NE19815.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %