Houville-la-Branche
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Houville-la-Branche (INSEE 28194) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Chartres Métropole. Population 420 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 17,991 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.65 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.72 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
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, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | 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 | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 469 (2012) → 420 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 332 (1990) → 420 (2023): 26.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Umpeau): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sours): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Sours): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Béville-le-Comte): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Houville-la-Branche): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the SOURS - MAN weather station, 7.4 km away at 149 m; the village itself is at 154 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CHARTRES, 10.8 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. [12]
An average of 633 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at SOURS - MAN, 7.4 km away at 149 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 — 28194/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28194/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28194/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28194/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 28397
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 28380
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 28039
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 28194
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béthancourt-en-Vaux | 02 | 171 km NE | 421 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-Saint-Christophe | 02 | 182 km NE | 418 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Croix | 81 | 498 km S | 417 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plainval | 60 | 134 km NE | 422 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bibiche | 57 | 367 km E | 425 | 21.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Amange | 39 | 325 km SE | 428 | 24.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainval | 60 | 134 km NE | 422 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Béthancourt-en-Vaux | 02 | 171 km NE | 421 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-Saint-Christophe | 02 | 182 km NE | 418 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Amange | 39 | 325 km SE | 428 | 24.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bibiche | 57 | 367 km E | 425 | 21.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Sainte-Croix | 81 | 498 km S | 417 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · 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 Houville-la-Branche'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béthancourt-en-Vaux | 02 | 171 km NE | 421 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-Saint-Christophe | 02 | 182 km NE | 418 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plainval | 60 | 134 km NE | 422 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hargeville | 78 | 50 km N | 418 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Achy | 60 | 126 km N | 408 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villereau | 45 | 49 km SE | 407 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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