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Montigny-sur-Avre

Eure-et-Loir · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 28263

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

No daily shops 15.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montigny-sur-Avre (INSEE 28263) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 256 (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/28263-montigny-sur-avre

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 17,315 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.43104.28
Housing mix0.5352.63

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
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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 219 peak 1990: 276 2023: 256 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 258 (2012) → 256 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 276 (1990) → 256 (2023): -7.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 23.7 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.4 km NW (Bâlines)Primary school — 3.7 km SW (Rueil-la-Gadelière)Bakery — 4.2 km NE (Tillières-sur-Avre)Pharmacy — 4.3 km NE (Tillières-sur-Avre)GP — 5.8 km SE (Brezolles)
Food shop — 3.4 km NWPrimary school — 3.7 km SWBakery — 4.2 km NEPharmacy — 4.3 km NEGP — 5.8 km SE 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 (Tillières-sur-Avre): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bâlines): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Brezolles): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Tillières-sur-Avre): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Rueil-la-Gadelière): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the RUEIL weather station, 4 km away at 164 m; the village itself is at 155 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at RUEIL, 4 km away at 164 m, over 17 summers. [12]

An average of 592 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at RUEIL, 4 km away at 164 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28263/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28263/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28263/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28263/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27643
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27036
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28059
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28322
  12. 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
Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire71315 km SE26214.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Dehault7266 km SW24117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Villemagne11603 km S23619.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Bescat64633 km S25516.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Trucy-l'Orgueilleux58228 km SE21714.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Aussurucq64638 km S23014.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dehault7266 km SW24117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Trucy-l'Orgueilleux58228 km SE21714.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire71315 km SE26214.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Villemagne11603 km S23619.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Bescat64633 km S25516.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Aussurucq64638 km S23014.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %

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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 Montigny-sur-Avre'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
Aubonne25438 km SE26617.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Francheville21320 km SE25621.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Mesnière6149 km SW2769.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux07505 km SE28814.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ancerviller54428 km E24525.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Buxières-sous-les-Côtes55341 km E2649.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %