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Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy

Eure-et-Loir · CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux · INSEE 28355

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

No daily shops 7.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy (INSEE 28355) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Population 290 (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/28355-saint-ouen-marchefroy

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 17,798 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 trend0.43104.32
Housing mix0.4452.22

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 198 peak 2007: 332 2023: 290 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 313 (2012) → 290 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 311 (1990) → 290 (2023): -6.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 180, of which 27.8 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.8 km SE (Berchères-sur-Vesgre)Primary school — 1.8 km SE (Berchères-sur-Vesgre)Food shop — 5.4 km W (Anet)GP — 6.0 km NW (Ivry-la-Bataille)Pharmacy — 6.0 km NW (Ivry-la-Bataille)
Bakery — 1.8 km SEPrimary school — 1.8 km SEFood shop — 5.4 km WGP — 6.0 km NWPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Berchères-sur-Vesgre): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Anet): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Ivry-la-Bataille): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Ivry-la-Bataille): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Berchères-sur-Vesgre): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BU_SAPC weather station, 6.7 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 129 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BU_SAPC, 6.7 km away at 132 m, over 15 summers. [11]

An average of 645 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BU - MAN, 6.7 km away at 132 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28355/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28355/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28355/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28355/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28036
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28007
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27355
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Canville-les-Deux-Églises76113 km NW30511.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Manneville-ès-Plains76124 km NW31012.9No daily shopsno figures
Le Saulcy88408 km E2935.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux07498 km SE28814.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Belleydoux01430 km SE30612No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faulq1497 km NW31914.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Faulq1497 km NW31914.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Canville-les-Deux-Églises76113 km NW30511.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Manneville-ès-Plains76124 km NW31012.9No daily shopsno figures
Le Saulcy88408 km E2935.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Belleydoux01430 km SE30612No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux07498 km SE28814.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Ouen-Marchefroy'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
Le Saulcy88408 km E2935.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Faulq1497 km NW31914.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Erckartswiller67427 km E28513.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Formentin14108 km W26912.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
La Louptière-Thénard10149 km E30215No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières2791 km NW33514.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %