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Fontaine-les-Ribouts

Eure-et-Loir · CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux · INSEE 28155

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

No daily shops 8.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontaine-les-Ribouts (INSEE 28155) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Population 186 (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/28155-fontaine-les-ribouts

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 15,549 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 trend0.43104.25
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: 122 peak 2007: 236 2023: 186 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 232 (2012) → 186 (2023): -19.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 201 (1990) → 186 (2023): -7.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 19.8 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.0 km NE (Saulnières)Bakery — 3.3 km SW (Saint-Ange-et-Torçay)GP — 5.4 km NE (Tréon)Food shop — 6.0 km NE (Tréon)Pharmacy — 6.0 km NE (Tréon)
Primary school — 2.0 km NEBakery — 3.3 km SWGP — 5.4 km NEFood shop — 6.0 km NEPharmacy — 6.0 km NE 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-Ange-et-Torçay): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tréon): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Tréon): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Tréon): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saulnières): 2 km to the north-east (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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MARVILLE - MAN weather station, 8.4 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 126 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LAONS, 8.4 km away at 171 m, over 19 summers. [11]

An average of 594 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MARVILLE - MAN, 8.4 km away at 150 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 — 28155/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28155/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28155/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28155/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28323
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28394
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28369
  11. 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
Island89233 km SE1878.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Grignon21264 km SE1866.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Fouronnes89207 km SE18314.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bercenay-le-Hayer10176 km E18712.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Sainte-Marie71348 km SE1897.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Moiremont51271 km E1879.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bercenay-le-Hayer10176 km E18712.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Fouronnes89207 km SE18314.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Island89233 km SE1878.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Grignon21264 km SE1866.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Moiremont51271 km E1879.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Sainte-Marie71348 km SE1897.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Fontaine-les-Ribouts'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
Island89233 km SE1878.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Fouronnes89207 km SE18314.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Trancault10171 km E18210.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Crépin-aux-Bois60153 km NE1897.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vauchonvilliers10245 km E17413No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Liny-devant-Dun55298 km E18512.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %