La Saucelle

Eure-et-Loir · CC des Forêts du Perche · INSEE 28368

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Saucelle (INSEE 28368) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC des Forêts du Perche. Population 198 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 15,873 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.87	10	8.66
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE GRAND CLAIREAU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LE GRAND CLAIREAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 162 2023: 198 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 181 (2012) → 198 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 198 (2023): 36.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 125, of which 25.6 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.6 km NWPrimary school — 4.1 km SGP — 7.2 km NEBakery — 7.3 km NEPharmacy — 7.4 km NE 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 (Brezolles): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Châtelets): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brezolles): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brezolles): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Framboisière): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 62.6

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SENONCHES weather station, 8.2 km away at 239 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RUEIL, 10.1 km away at 164 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 820 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SENONCHES, 8.2 km away at 239 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28368/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28368/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28368/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28368/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28159
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Perdoux	46	447 km S	196	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Denis-Catus	46	453 km S	198	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 %
Pomarède	46	452 km S	189	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Médard	46	456 km S	198	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 49 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines	23	268 km S	207	15.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-sous-Uchon	71	312 km SE	198	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines	23	268 km S	207	15.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-sous-Uchon	71	312 km SE	198	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Perdoux	46	447 km S	196	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Pomarède	46	452 km S	189	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Denis-Catus	46	453 km S	198	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Médard	46	456 km S	198	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 49 % · humidity 21 %

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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 La Saucelle'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Faux-Mazuras	23	306 km S	186	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Claudon	88	376 km E	218	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vaudevant	07	478 km SE	223	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sussey	21	294 km SE	247	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Haucourt	76	121 km N	194	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Tréfols	51	182 km E	169	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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