Houx

Eure-et-Loir · CA Chartres Métropole · INSEE 28195

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Houx (INSEE 28195) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Chartres Métropole. Population 746 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/28195-houx

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 16,059 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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

Type	Count	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 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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

1968: 240 peak 2012: 809 2023: 746 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 809 (2012) → 746 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 428 (1990) → 746 (2023): 74.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 3 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.1 km SBakery — 3.4 km SWFood shop — 3.4 km SWPharmacy — 3.4 km SWGP — 4.0 km NW 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 (Saint-Piat): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Piat): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Maintenon): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Piat): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Yermenonville): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the HOUX weather station, 0.1 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHARTRES, 14.7 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 631 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at HOUX, 0.1 km away at 107 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 — 28195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28357
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28423
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
Séry-lès-Mézières	02	187 km NE	601	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mévoisins	28	2.8 km SW	615	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chevrier	74	424 km SE	757	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Plivot	51	186 km E	755	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Schweighouse-Thann	68	421 km E	748	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Coise	69	393 km SE	800	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mévoisins	28	2.8 km SW	615	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plivot	51	186 km E	755	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Séry-lès-Mézières	02	187 km NE	601	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Coise	69	393 km SE	800	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Schweighouse-Thann	68	421 km E	748	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chevrier	74	424 km SE	757	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Houx'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
Séry-lès-Mézières	02	187 km NE	601	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mévoisins	28	2.8 km SW	615	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plivot	51	186 km E	755	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Schweighouse-Thann	68	421 km E	748	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hagenbach	68	423 km E	772	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chalandry-Elaire	08	262 km NE	719	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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