Varize

Eure-et-Loir · CC Coeur de Beauce · INSEE 28400

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varize (INSEE 28400) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Coeur de Beauce. Population 184 (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 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 15,466 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.52	10	5.22
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.38

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 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ETINCELLE DE PAULINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VARIZE RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	L'ETINCELLE DE PAULINE	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 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	1	VARIZE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 222 2023: 184 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 207 (2012) → 184 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 180 (1990) → 184 (2023): 2.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 16.2 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 1.9 km WGP — 2.0 km WBakery — 9.5 km SPharmacy — 12.9 km W 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 (Villemaury): 9.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varize): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villemaury): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteaudun): 12.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villemaury): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60.6

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VILLAMPUY weather station, 6.6 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLAMPUY, 6.6 km away at 131 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 589 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLAMPUY, 6.6 km away at 131 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 — 28400/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28400/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28400/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28400/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28330
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28400
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28088
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
Vidaillac	46	418 km S	181	17.7	No daily shops	no figures
Pannes	54	329 km E	172	17.8	No daily shops	no figures
Savoyeux	70	322 km E	200	10.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-au-Chemin	10	174 km E	189	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Châtel-Gérard	89	199 km E	199	12.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
La Cassaigne	11	545 km S	200	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villeneuve-au-Chemin	10	174 km E	189	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Châtel-Gérard	89	199 km E	199	12.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Savoyeux	70	322 km E	200	10.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Pannes	54	329 km E	172	17.8	No daily shops	no figures
Vidaillac	46	418 km S	181	17.7	No daily shops	no figures
La Cassaigne	11	545 km S	200	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Varize'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
Villeneuve-au-Chemin	10	174 km E	189	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Poinçon-lès-Larrey	21	220 km E	197	12.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Vicomtesse	41	38 km W	164	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chauvency-le-Château	55	320 km NE	224	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chanceaux	21	248 km E	202	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Prusly-sur-Ource	21	236 km E	164	10.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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