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Ondreville-sur-Essonne

Loiret · CC du Pithiverais-Gâtinais · INSEE 45233

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ondreville-sur-Essonne (INSEE 45233) is in Loiret (45), part of CC du Pithiverais-Gâtinais. Population 400 (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/45233-ondreville-sur-essonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,033 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.9108.99
Housing mix0.753.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 184 peak 2017: 407 2023: 400 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 391 (2012) → 400 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 400 (2023): 39.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 15.1 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.9 km SW (La Neuville-sur-Essonne)Bakery — 3.3 km NE (Briarres-sur-Essonne)GP — 4.3 km E (Puiseaux)Pharmacy — 4.5 km E (Puiseaux)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km SWBakery — 3.3 km NEGP — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 4.5 km E 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 (Briarres-sur-Essonne): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Neuville-sur-Essonne): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Puiseaux): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Puiseaux): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Ondreville-sur-Essonne): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the PITHIVIERS-LE-V weather station, 14 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [12]

An average of 699 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LA NEUVILLE/ES., 2.9 km away at 92 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45233/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45233/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45233/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45233/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45054
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45225
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45258
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45233
  12. 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
Ocqueville76218 km NW43119.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Cerbois18124 km S39320.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Beaussault76176 km N41019.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 70 %
Louchy-Montfand03220 km S39718.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Daubeuf-Serville76218 km NW39719.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Hacqueville27136 km NW39419No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cerbois18124 km S39320.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Hacqueville27136 km NW39419No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Beaussault76176 km N41019.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 70 %
Ocqueville76218 km NW43119.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Daubeuf-Serville76218 km NW39719.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Louchy-Montfand03220 km S39718.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %

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