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Saint-Aubin-des-Bois

Eure-et-Loir · CA Chartres Métropole · INSEE 28325

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

Few services 20.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin-des-Bois (INSEE 28325) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Chartres Métropole. Population 1,159 (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/28325-saint-aubin-des-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 13,433 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
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.84108.35
Housing mix0.9554.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LOU-ANN COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA MORICERIE). [3,4]

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
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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1LOU-ANN COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LA MORICERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 313 2023: 1,159 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 957 (2012) → 1,159 (2023): 21.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 868 (1990) → 1,159 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 483, of which 2.3 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.8 km W (Fontaine-la-Guyon)Pharmacy — 2.9 km W (Fontaine-la-Guyon)GP — 3.3 km W (Fontaine-la-Guyon)Bakery — 3.4 km W (Fontaine-la-Guyon)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 2.9 km WGP — 3.3 km WBakery — 3.4 km W 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 (Fontaine-la-Guyon): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fontaine-la-Guyon): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Fontaine-la-Guyon): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Fontaine-la-Guyon): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Aubin-des-Bois): 0.1 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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the THIMERT weather station, 9.7 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 169 m. [10]

The village sits 56 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at CHARTRES, 10.5 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 608 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST-LUPERCE, 4.2 km away at 153 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28325/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28325/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28325/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28325/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28154
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28325
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Boust57369 km E1,15722.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Sarceaux61107 km W1,06319.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tracy-le-Val60166 km NE1,03722Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Feldkirch68444 km E1,04719.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Germigny-l'Évêque77130 km NE1,35215.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-Saint-Denis77112 km E1,36922.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sarceaux61107 km W1,06319.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-Saint-Denis77112 km E1,36922.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Germigny-l'Évêque77130 km NE1,35215.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Tracy-le-Val60166 km NE1,03722Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Boust57369 km E1,15722.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Feldkirch68444 km E1,04719.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · 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 Saint-Aubin-des-Bois'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
Bicqueley54336 km E92521Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lachambre57401 km E90622.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux53163 km W1,17225.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Armentières-en-Brie77135 km NE1,17620.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor57418 km E1,18219.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Louvigné53154 km W1,19326.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %