Sorel-Moussel
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sorel-Moussel (INSEE 28377) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Population 1,758 (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/28377-sorel-moussel
Vitality score
Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 10,461 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.83 | 10 | 8.35 |
| Housing mix | 0.72 | 5 | 3.59 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON FRANCOIS). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VICTUAYE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE LA PLACE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (HAIR ZEN · COIF & MOI A DOMICILE · SALIMACOIFF). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MAISON FRANCOIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VICTUAYE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | AUBERGE DE LA PLACE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | 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 | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 4 | HAIR ZEN · COIF & MOI A DOMICILE · SALIMACOIFF | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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
Population 1,748 (2012) → 1,758 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,317 (1990) → 1,758 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 962, of which 14.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sorel-Moussel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sorel-Moussel): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Croth): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Marcilly-sur-Eure): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Sorel-Moussel): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BU_SAPC weather station, 9.3 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 81 m. [11]
The village sits 51 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BU_SAPC, 9.3 km away at 132 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [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, 9.3 km away at 132 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
154 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 202,825 € — 1,510 € per m² of built surface. [12]
9 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 73,000 € — 1,869 € per m². [12]
The median across Eure-et-Loir is 1,591 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28377/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28377/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28377/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28377/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 28377
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 27193
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 27391
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mensignac | 24 | 407 km S | 1,521 | 34.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Paimpont | 35 | 278 km W | 1,772 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust | 56 | 290 km SW | 1,679 | 34.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Frenelles-en-Vexin | 27 | 51 km N | 1,686 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Barthélemy | 56 | 342 km W | 1,197 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Taintrux | 88 | 411 km E | 1,439 | 26 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenelles-en-Vexin | 27 | 51 km N | 1,686 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Paimpont | 35 | 278 km W | 1,772 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust | 56 | 290 km SW | 1,679 | 34.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Barthélemy | 56 | 342 km W | 1,197 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mensignac | 24 | 407 km S | 1,521 | 34.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Taintrux | 88 | 411 km E | 1,439 | 26 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · 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 Sorel-Moussel'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust | 56 | 290 km SW | 1,679 | 34.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Frenelles-en-Vexin | 27 | 51 km N | 1,686 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gennes-Longuefuye | 53 | 183 km SW | 1,354 | 40 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Berné | 56 | 365 km W | 1,551 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Béganne | 56 | 302 km SW | 1,493 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loyat | 56 | 294 km W | 1,750 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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