Illiers-Combray

Eure-et-Loir · CC Entre Beauce et Perche · INSEE 28196

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

Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Illiers-Combray (INSEE 28196) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Entre Beauce et Perche. Population 3,210 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/28196-illiers-combray

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 6,732 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.7	20	13.92
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.46	10	4.64
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER CORALLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BLANCHARD). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RAPID MARKET · ATLAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ILLIERS DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LA MADELEINE D'ILLIERS · L'ORIENTAL KEBAB · LES AUBEPINES · PRESTO PIZZA · LA TOSCANE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE · AU POINT DU JOUR · AU COMBRAY). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA VIVONNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARCEL PROUST). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-LUC BESSE, MÉDECIN · BERNARD ANTOINE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE COMBRAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ILLIERS COMBRAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE COMBRAY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL D ILLIERS-COMBRAY · AGENCE ILLIERS COMBRAY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (SALON NATUR'L · AMAZONE · PROFIL'HAIR · COIFF&CO). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE L'IMAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BOIS FLEURI). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ATELIER CORALLO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BLANCHARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	RAPID MARKET · ATLAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ILLIERS DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	LA MADELEINE D'ILLIERS · L'ORIENTAL KEBAB · LES AUBEPINES · PRESTO PIZZA · LA TOSCANE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DE LA PLACE · AU POINT DU JOUR · AU COMBRAY	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA VIVONNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MARCEL PROUST	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-LUC BESSE, MÉDECIN · BERNARD ANTOINE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE COMBRAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ILLIERS COMBRAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE COMBRAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL D ILLIERS-COMBRAY · AGENCE ILLIERS COMBRAY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCE	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	5	SALON NATUR'L · AMAZONE · PROFIL'HAIR · COIFF&CO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE L'IMAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE BOIS FLEURI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Friday 8 h à 12 h Place Maunoury. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 2,971 peak 2012: 3,427 2023: 3,210 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,427 (2012) → 3,210 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 3,329 (1990) → 3,210 (2023): -3.6 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,841, of which 5 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.0 km NE 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 (Illiers-Combray): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Illiers-Combray): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Illiers-Combray): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Illiers-Combray): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Illiers-Combray): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.7

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BLANDAINVILLE weather station, 1.9 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 159 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BLANDAINVILLE, 1.9 km away at 163 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ILLIERS-COMBRAY, 0.5 km away at 170 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 — 28196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://illiers-combray.com/ma-ville/economie/marche-hebdomadaire/— “Tous les vendredis matin, les commerçants du marché vous accueillent Place Maunoury de 8 h à 12 h.”
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/15/b6d63b61-2edc-3ba2-98d8-eb7f1a3d4361— “Le marché hebdomadaire d'Illiers-Combray se tient tous les vendredis matins place Maunoury à Illiers-Combray.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28196
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
La Loupe	28	26 km NW	3,191	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Brou	28	11 km SW	3,230	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mayet	72	94 km SW	3,187	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Veuzain-sur-Loire	41	89 km S	3,333	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Yenne	73	447 km SE	3,026	54.3	Partly served	no figures
Seltz	67	509 km E	3,204	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brou	28	11 km SW	3,230	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Loupe	28	26 km NW	3,191	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Veuzain-sur-Loire	41	89 km S	3,333	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Mayet	72	94 km SW	3,187	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Yenne	73	447 km SE	3,026	54.3	Partly served	no figures
Seltz	67	509 km E	3,204	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · 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 Illiers-Combray'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
La Loupe	28	26 km NW	3,191	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Brou	28	11 km SW	3,230	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mayet	72	94 km SW	3,187	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cossé-le-Vivien	53	165 km W	3,174	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lorris	45	105 km SE	2,996	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bavay	59	289 km NE	3,249	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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