Préfontaines

Loiret · CC des Quatre Vallées · INSEE 45255

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Préfontaines (INSEE 45255) is in Loiret (45), part of CC des Quatre Vallées. Population 428 (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/45255-prefontaines

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,940 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.2
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PRATI'PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE PIERRE GALY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	PRATI'PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS COLLOTTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE PIERRE GALY	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 272 peak 2007: 469 2023: 428 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 456 (2012) → 428 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 382 (1990) → 428 (2023): 12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 13.7 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km NGP — 3.9 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km NBakery — 6.8 km NE 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 (Dordives): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Château-Landon): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Château-Landon): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Château-Landon): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Préfontaines): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LADON weather station, 15.7 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AMILLY, 16.8 km away at 91 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 726 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CEPOY, 8 km away at 97 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 — 45255/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45255/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45255/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45255/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45127
INSEE BPE 2025 — 77099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45255
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
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne	38	417 km SE	423	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
Argilliers	30	480 km S	436	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Trébédan	22	361 km W	441	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Vars-sur-Roseix	19	333 km S	415	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Vernines	63	272 km S	430	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnencontre	21	217 km SE	432	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bonnencontre	21	217 km SE	432	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vernines	63	272 km S	430	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Vars-sur-Roseix	19	333 km S	415	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Trébédan	22	361 km W	441	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne	38	417 km SE	423	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
Argilliers	30	480 km S	436	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Préfontaines'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
Bonnencontre	21	217 km SE	432	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Essertines-en-Donzy	42	291 km SE	477	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Caralp	09	576 km S	379	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille	73	351 km SE	472	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Essertenne	71	201 km SE	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Boulogne	07	403 km S	399	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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