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Saint-Laurent-la-Gâtine

Eure-et-Loir · CC des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France · INSEE 28343

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

Few services 35.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Laurent-la-Gâtine (INSEE 28343) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France. Population 470 (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/28343-saint-laurent-la-gatine

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,934 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.85108.54
Housing mix0.8154.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3]

1 × Restaurant (DCR LOG & SERVICES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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]
Restaurant1DCR LOG & SERVICESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 218 2023: 470 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 470 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 347 (1990) → 470 (2023): 35.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 9.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.8 km SW (Chaudon)Food shop — 3.9 km SW (Chaudon)Primary school — 4.1 km W (Ouerre)GP — 4.8 km S (Coulombs)Pharmacy — 5.0 km SW (Villemeux-sur-Eure)
Bakery — 3.8 km SWFood shop — 3.9 km SWPrimary school — 4.1 km WGP — 4.8 km SPharmacy — 5.0 km SW 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 (Chaudon): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chaudon): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Coulombs): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Villemeux-sur-Eure): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Ouerre): 4.1 km to the 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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MARVILLE_SAPC weather station, 12 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 128 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at MARVILLE_SAPC, 12 km away at 153 m, over 25 summers. [12]

An average of 609 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CHAUDON, 4.2 km away at 92 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 — 28343/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28343/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28343/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28343/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28094
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28113
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28415
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28292
  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
Cheminas07466 km SE42337.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Blaignan-Prignac33417 km SW45034.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Feldbach68445 km E47235.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pair-et-Grandrupt88407 km E48634.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Le Ménil-de-Briouze61141 km W54137.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Roncherolles-en-Bray76103 km N47743.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Roncherolles-en-Bray76103 km N47743.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Ménil-de-Briouze61141 km W54137.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pair-et-Grandrupt88407 km E48634.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Blaignan-Prignac33417 km SW45034.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Feldbach68445 km E47235.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cheminas07466 km SE42337.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · 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-Laurent-la-Gâtine'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
Feldbach68445 km E47235.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Ménil-de-Briouze61141 km W54137.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Roncherolles-en-Bray76103 km N47743.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boismont54317 km E41034.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Montlinard18201 km SE49130.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Looze89162 km SE44326.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %