Le Gault-Saint-Denis

Eure-et-Loir · CC du Bonnevalais · INSEE 28176

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Gault-Saint-Denis (INSEE 28176) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC du Bonnevalais. Population 666 (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/28176-le-gault-saint-denis

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 16,637 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.73	10	7.33
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DU STETHO AU GATO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU GAULT-SAINT-DENIS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DU STETHO AU GATO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU GAULT-SAINT-DENIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 614 peak 2012: 684 2023: 666 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 684 (2012) → 666 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 540 (1990) → 666 (2023): 23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 318, of which 5 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SGP — 9.6 km SWPharmacy — 10.0 km SW 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 (Le Gault-Saint-Denis): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pré-Saint-Martin): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bonneval): 9.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bonneval): 10 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Gault-Saint-Denis): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 48.4

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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, 7.1 km away at 129 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at PRE-ST-EVROULT, 7.1 km away at 129 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BONNEVAL, 6.7 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28176/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28176/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28176/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28176/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28306
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28051
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écuillé	49	168 km SW	655	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Maslives	41	68 km S	649	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
La Charmée	71	301 km SE	681	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Dangolsheim	67	443 km E	681	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Aschbach	67	484 km E	633	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Deaux	30	508 km SE	638	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maslives	41	68 km S	649	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Écuillé	49	168 km SW	655	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Charmée	71	301 km SE	681	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Dangolsheim	67	443 km E	681	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Aschbach	67	484 km E	633	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Deaux	30	508 km SE	638	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Le Gault-Saint-Denis'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écuillé	49	168 km SW	655	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Charmée	71	301 km SE	681	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Coulmiers	45	37 km S	576	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-en-Bière	77	83 km E	746	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Courcité	53	128 km W	797	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Coulommes	77	129 km NE	542	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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