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Villiers-le-Morhier

Eure-et-Loir · CC des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France · INSEE 28417

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villiers-le-Morhier (INSEE 28417) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France. Population 1,351 (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/28417-villiers-le-morhier

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 12,350 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.75107.54
Housing mix0.8654.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (LA MAISON CHARDON). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA CARRIOLE DE GAELLE). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT SAINT HUBERT). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLIERS LE MORHIER AP). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE VALUET · IDEALINE · BULLE D'HAIR JUSTINE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ILOTS DE SAINT VAL). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA MAISON CHARDONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LA CARRIOLE DE GAELLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE P'TIT SAINT HUBERTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1VILLIERS LE MORHIER APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE VALUET · IDEALINE · BULLE D'HAIR JUSTINEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES ILOTS DE SAINT VALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 539 peak 2012: 1,351 2023: 1,351 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,351 (2012) → 1,351 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,077 (1990) → 1,351 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 626, of which 7.2 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 3.1 km S (Pierres)GP — 3.4 km S (Maintenon)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.1 km SGP — 3.4 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 (Villiers-le-Morhier): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villiers-le-Morhier): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Maintenon): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pierres): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Villiers-le-Morhier): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the HOUX weather station, 7.2 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 112 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MARVILLE_SAPC, 14.7 km away at 153 m, over 25 summers. [11]

An average of 631 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at HOUX, 7.2 km away at 107 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28417/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28417/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28417/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28417/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28417
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28227
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28298
  11. 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
Saint-Front-de-Pradoux24407 km S1,14830.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande11593 km S1,10737.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Les Peintures33414 km S1,62039.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Clément19365 km S1,38638.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Joux-la-Ville89203 km SE1,17534Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lamothe-Montravel24435 km S1,44334Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Joux-la-Ville89203 km SE1,17534Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément19365 km S1,38638.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Front-de-Pradoux24407 km S1,14830.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Les Peintures33414 km S1,62039.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Lamothe-Montravel24435 km S1,44334Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande11593 km S1,10737.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Villiers-le-Morhier'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
Boulleret18165 km SE1,39733.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montcresson45121 km SE1,26231Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thiel-sur-Acolin03278 km SE1,02734.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Jonzier-Épagny74438 km SE94244.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Fessard45105 km SE1,16139.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villebois01424 km SE1,20634.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %