Sours

Eure-et-Loir · CA Chartres Métropole · INSEE 28380

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sours (INSEE 28380) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Chartres Métropole. Population 1,959 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/28380-sours

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 9,765 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.79	10	7.95
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PETIT JEAN-DANIEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'AUTHENTIQUE DU BOIS D'ARET). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FABIAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA VALLEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENCE BONNET-BOUTILLON, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE ANDRIEU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE RUBERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOURS LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOURS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (UN HAIR DE MARINE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PETIT JEAN-DANIEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'AUTHENTIQUE DU BOIS D'ARET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	FABIAN	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	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA VALLEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	FLORENCE BONNET-BOUTILLON, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE ANDRIEU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE RUBERT	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SOURS LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOURS	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	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	UN HAIR DE MARINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,108 2023: 1,959 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,859 (2012) → 1,959 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,513 (1990) → 1,959 (2023): 29.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 867, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.1 km N 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 (Sours): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sours): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sours): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Nogent-le-Phaye): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sours): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.8

Days at or below 0 °C 51.2

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SOURS - MAN weather station, 2.9 km away at 149 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHARTRES, 8.9 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 633 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOURS - MAN, 2.9 km away at 149 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 — 28380/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28380/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28380/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28380/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28380
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28278
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
Mothern	67	485 km E	1,939	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Corme-Royal	17	348 km SW	1,997	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Perthes	77	71 km E	2,073	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lévignac	31	529 km S	2,206	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Lusigny	03	248 km SE	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-d'Outillé	72	112 km SW	2,483	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Perthes	77	71 km E	2,073	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Mars-d'Outillé	72	112 km SW	2,483	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lusigny	03	248 km SE	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Corme-Royal	17	348 km SW	1,997	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Mothern	67	485 km E	1,939	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lévignac	31	529 km S	2,206	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Sours'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
Perthes	77	71 km E	2,073	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Mars-d'Outillé	72	112 km SW	2,483	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ottrott	67	430 km E	1,620	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cherisy	28	39 km N	1,842	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Izeaux	38	449 km SE	2,134	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Quelaines-Saint-Gault	53	186 km W	2,152	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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