Saulnières

Eure-et-Loir · CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux · INSEE 28369

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulnières (INSEE 28369) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Population 751 (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/28369-saulnieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 16,023 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PAUL EMILE VICTOR). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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		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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PAUL EMILE VICTOR	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 357 2023: 751 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 643 (2012) → 751 (2023): 16.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 469 (1990) → 751 (2023): 60.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 2.9 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.8 km NGP — 3.9 km NEBakery — 4.0 km NEFood shop — 4.4 km NEPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Tréon): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tréon): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tréon): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tréon): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saulnières): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15

Days at or below 0 °C 48.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARVILLE - MAN weather station, 7 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 121 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MARVILLE_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 153 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 594 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARVILLE - MAN, 7 km away at 150 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28369/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28369/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28369/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28369/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28394
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28369
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-Pandelon	40	582 km S	749	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	105 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Caprais	18	203 km S	747	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Geyssans	26	489 km SE	755	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Téthieu	40	572 km S	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Lignerolles	03	282 km S	760	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	105 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Caprais	18	203 km S	747	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Lignerolles	03	282 km S	760	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Geyssans	26	489 km SE	755	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Téthieu	40	572 km S	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	582 km S	749	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Saulnières'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
Bourg-Beaudouin	27	81 km N	741	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Berthenay	37	154 km S	707	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Theuville	28	43 km SE	729	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cessières-Suzy	02	190 km NE	801	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lavardin	72	111 km SW	693	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gélannes	10	178 km E	694	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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