Fontaine-Simon

Identity

Fontaine-Simon (INSEE 28156) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Terres de Perche. Population 888 (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/28156-fontaine-simon

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 15,029 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DELICE PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ESCALE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FONTAINE SIMON AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU PERCHE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 928 (2012) → 888 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 760 (1990) → 888 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 516, of which 14.1 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Belhomert-Guéhouville): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Loupe): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Loupe): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Senonches): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fontaine-Simon): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA LOUPE_SAPC weather station, 2.6 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 199 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA LOUPE_SAPC, 2.6 km away at 200 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA LOUPE_SAPC, 2.6 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

74 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 133,000 € — 1,000 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Eure-et-Loir is 1,591 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28156/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28156/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28156/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28156/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28033
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28214
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28373
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28156
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025