Umpeau

Eure-et-Loir · CA Chartres Métropole · INSEE 28397

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Umpeau (INSEE 28397) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Chartres Métropole. Population 404 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 18,020 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.73	10	7.28
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PTIT MACAUD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PTIT MACAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 175 peak 2012: 425 2023: 404 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 425 (2012) → 404 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 329 (1990) → 404 (2023): 22.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 3.7 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 4.2 km SWFood shop — 4.4 km NEPharmacy — 5.4 km SEGP — 5.5 km SE 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 (Umpeau): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ymeray): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Béville-le-Comte): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Béville-le-Comte): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Houville-la-Branche): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.1

Days at or below 0 °C 63

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the HOUX weather station, 10.7 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 157 m. ^[12]

The village sits 50 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHARTRES, 12.6 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GALLARDON, 5.8 km away at 118 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28397/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28397/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28397/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28397/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28397
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28425
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28194
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
Garrevaques	81	555 km S	398	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 %
Neufbosc	76	132 km N	397	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Challerange	08	243 km NE	417	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Falletans	39	328 km SE	392	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Barisey-au-Plain	54	307 km E	393	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Reutenbourg	67	423 km E	388	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neufbosc	76	132 km N	397	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Challerange	08	243 km NE	417	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Barisey-au-Plain	54	307 km E	393	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Falletans	39	328 km SE	392	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Reutenbourg	67	423 km E	388	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Garrevaques	81	555 km S	398	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Umpeau'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
Barisey-au-Plain	54	307 km E	393	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Venon	27	90 km NW	389	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Barbonville	54	344 km E	434	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Friauville	54	314 km E	364	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Brévilly	08	281 km NE	366	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lachy	51	153 km E	345	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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