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Gouillons

Eure-et-Loir · CC Coeur de Beauce · INSEE 28184

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gouillons (INSEE 28184) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Coeur de Beauce. Population 335 (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/28184-gouillons

Vitality score

Vitality score 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 18,043 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
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.6105.98
Housing mix0.8754.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (ALOHA PIZZA LE TIKI). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1ALOHA PIZZA LE TIKIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 223 peak 2007: 340 2023: 335 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 334 (2012) → 335 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 305 (1990) → 335 (2023): 9.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 6.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.7 km NE (Châtenay)GP — 4.9 km W (Ouarville)Pharmacy — 4.9 km W (Ouarville)Bakery — 5.1 km W (Ouarville)Food shop — 8.6 km S (Fresnay-l'Évêque)
Primary school — 3.7 km NEGP — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 4.9 km WBakery — 5.1 km WFood shop — 8.6 km S 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 (Ouarville): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fresnay-l'Évêque): 8.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Ouarville): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ouarville): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Châtenay): 3.7 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 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, 2.2 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 149 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at LOUVILLE, 2.2 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, 2.2 km away at 145 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 — 28184/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28184/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28184/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28184/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28291
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28164
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28092
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cambes46415 km S34329.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Rolleboise7877 km N34625.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Gussignies59261 km NE35332.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Bouze-lès-Beaune21262 km SE31231.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Hermeville76181 km NW36228.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-la-Lande79207 km SW36830.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rolleboise7877 km N34625.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Hermeville76181 km NW36228.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-la-Lande79207 km SW36830.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Gussignies59261 km NE35332.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Bouze-lès-Beaune21262 km SE31231.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cambes46415 km S34329.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Gouillons'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
Bouze-lès-Beaune21262 km SE31231.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Blaise-sous-Arzillières51206 km E31624.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gondreville4569 km SE34033.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Beauvilliers2815 km W34024.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chevresis-Monceau02201 km NE32931.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Merrey-sur-Arce10191 km E32520.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %