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Moulhard

Eure-et-Loir · CC du Grand Châteaudun · INSEE 28273

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moulhard (INSEE 28273) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC du Grand Châteaudun. Population 139 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/28273-moulhard

Vitality score

Vitality score 8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 13,473 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.42104.21
Housing mix0.5252.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 213 2023: 139 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 153 (2012) → 139 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 139 (2023): -7.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 92, of which 23.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.6 km E (Unverre)GP — 3.8 km N (Luigny)Food shop — 3.9 km E (Unverre)Bakery — 6.9 km N (La Croix-du-Perche)Pharmacy — 8.3 km NW (Beaumont-les-Autels)
Primary school — 3.6 km EGP — 3.8 km NFood shop — 3.9 km EBakery — 6.9 km NPharmacy — 8.3 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 (La Croix-du-Perche): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Unverre): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Luigny): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Beaumont-les-Autels): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Unverre): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MIERMAIGNE weather station, 6.4 km away at 267 m; the village itself is at 191 m. [12]

The village sits 76 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at MIERMAIGNE, 6.4 km away at 267 m, over 26 summers. [12]

That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MIERMAIGNE, 6.4 km away at 267 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,010 € — 1,116 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Eure-et-Loir is 1,591 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28273/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28273/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28273/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28273/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28119
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28398
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28219
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28031
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Soubrebost23257 km S1399.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
Surrain14187 km NW13810.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Comps26512 km SE1379No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Fontenay-Torcy60160 km N14312.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Forêt-du-Temple23209 km S1437.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Montcusel39405 km SE1448.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontenay-Torcy60160 km N14312.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Surrain14187 km NW13810.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
La Forêt-du-Temple23209 km S1437.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Soubrebost23257 km S1399.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
Montcusel39405 km SE1448.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Comps26512 km SE1379No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 8 % · 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 Moulhard'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
Fontenay-Torcy60160 km N14312.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lessard-et-le-Chêne14118 km NW1527.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Bellière6192 km NW12511.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bazoques27113 km N14111.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzon16269 km S1428.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres27118 km N14314.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %