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Éole-en-Beauce

Eure-et-Loir · CC Coeur de Beauce · INSEE 28406

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

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Éole-en-Beauce (INSEE 28406) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Coeur de Beauce. Population 1,238 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 4 former communes: Villeau (28412), Baignolet (28020), Fains-la-Folie (28145), Germignonville (28179). [3]

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/28406-eole-en-beauce

Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 13,020 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.76107.56
Housing mix0.7253.59

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 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VALCONIE). [5,4]

1 × Hairdresser (ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [5,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1VALCONIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser1ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,353 2023: 1,238 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,207 (2012) → 1,238 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 986 (1990) → 1,238 (2023): 25.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 700, of which 14.1 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 6.0 km NE (Ymonville)Bakery — 6.6 km N (Prasville)GP — 7.6 km NW (Les Villages Vovéens)Pharmacy — 8.1 km S (Orgères-en-Beauce)
In the commune Food shop Primary school — 6.0 km NEBakery — 6.6 km NGP — 7.6 km NWPharmacy — 8.1 km S 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 (Prasville): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Éole-en-Beauce): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]

GP (Les Villages Vovéens): 7.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Orgères-en-Beauce): 8.1 km to the south (straight line). [12]

Primary school (Ymonville): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). [13]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [14]

Measured at the VIABON weather station, 2.9 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 137 m. [14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [14]

Humidity measured at VIABON, 2.9 km away at 138 m, over 26 summers. [14]

An average of 592 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [14]

Rainfall measured at VIABON, 2.9 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28406/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE BPE 2025
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28406/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28406/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28406/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28304
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28406
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28422
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28287
  13. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28426
  14. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arbusigny74415 km SE1,16724.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Magny-le-Désert61155 km W1,39112.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Tréméoc29441 km W1,50325Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Malvalette43369 km SE88715.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
La Flamengrie02256 km NE1,10320.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Ledeuix64585 km S1,02919.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Magny-le-Désert61155 km W1,39112.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
La Flamengrie02256 km NE1,10320.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Malvalette43369 km SE88715.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Arbusigny74415 km SE1,16724.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Tréméoc29441 km W1,50325Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Ledeuix64585 km S1,02919.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Éole-en-Beauce'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Éliph2857 km NW82811.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Noyers4570 km SE75514.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers38437 km SE84725.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ailly27110 km N1,23422Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villebret03228 km S1,33521.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bernay-Vilbert77104 km NE1,00521.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %