Fresnay-l'Évêque

Identity

Fresnay-l'Évêque (INSEE 28164) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Coeur de Beauce. Population 739 (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/28164-fresnay-l-eveque

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 16,137 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MARCHE DE L'EVEQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FRESNAY L EVEQUE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FRESNAY). ^[3]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 728 (2012) → 739 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 555 (1990) → 739 (2023): 33.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 338, of which 7.4 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Prasville): 8.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fresnay-l'Évêque): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Janville-en-Beauce): 8.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Janville-en-Beauce): 9.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fresnay-l'Évêque): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 17 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 LOUVILLE weather station, 7.2 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 140 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LOUVILLE, 7.2 km away at 145 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 626 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LOUVILLE, 7.2 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

71 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 144,000 € — 1,500 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Eure-et-Loir is 1,591 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 28164/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28164/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28164/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28164/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28304
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28164
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28199
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025