Gilles

Eure-et-Loir · CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux · INSEE 28180

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gilles (INSEE 28180) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Population 498 (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/28180-gilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,769 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.19
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES PETITS POTS DE JULIA · QGC 28). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (GILLES RP). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	LES PETITS POTS DE JULIA · QGC 28	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	GILLES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 256 peak 2007: 575 2023: 498 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 551 (2012) → 498 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 445 (1990) → 498 (2023): 11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 16.2 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km NBakery — 3.4 km EGP — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 3.9 km N 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 (Mondreville): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neauphlette): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bréval): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bréval): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gilles): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BU_SAPC weather station, 12.3 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at BU_SAPC, 12.3 km away at 132 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 645 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BU - MAN, 12.3 km away at 132 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78413
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78444
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28180
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
Puéchabon	34	600 km S	509	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Cestayrols	81	549 km S	455	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux	37	192 km SW	479	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Les Églises-d'Argenteuil	17	358 km SW	537	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	392 km S	495	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Billy-sur-Oisy	58	213 km SE	381	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux	37	192 km SW	479	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Billy-sur-Oisy	58	213 km SE	381	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Églises-d'Argenteuil	17	358 km SW	537	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	392 km S	495	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Cestayrols	81	549 km S	455	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Puéchabon	34	600 km S	509	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Gilles'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
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux	37	192 km SW	479	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Orrouy	60	106 km NE	572	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Babœuf	60	136 km NE	508	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Metting	57	417 km E	410	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Bouville	91	77 km SE	669	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ménil-Hubert-sur-Orne	61	141 km W	472	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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