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Darvault

Seine-et-Marne · CC Pays de Nemours · INSEE 77156

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Darvault (INSEE 77156) is in Seine-et-Marne (77), part of CC Pays de Nemours. Population 987 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/77156-darvault

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 14,410 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 trend0.83108.3
Housing mix0.8354.14

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 2 of 3
Lodging 2 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 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (KYRIAD NEMOURS EST). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPS DE LOISIRS LA BARAUDE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel1KYRIAD NEMOURS ESTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPS DE LOISIRS LA BARAUDEINSEE 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: 437 2023: 987 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 827 (2012) → 987 (2023): 19.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 742 (1990) → 987 (2023): 33 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 489, of which 8.6 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.7 km SW (Darvault)Food shop — 1.6 km W (Nemours)Bakery — 2.0 km W (Nemours)GP — 2.0 km W (Nemours)Pharmacy — 2.0 km W (Nemours)
Primary school — 0.7 km SWFood shop — 1.6 km WBakery — 2.0 km WGP — 2.0 km WPharmacy — 2.0 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 (Nemours): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nemours): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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

Pharmacy (Nemours): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Darvault): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NEMOURS weather station, 1.5 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at NEMOURS, 1.5 km away at 73 m, over 28 summers. [10]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NEMOURS, 1.5 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77156/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77156/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77156/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77156/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77333
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77156
  10. 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
Ronquerolles95107 km N90722.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Buschwiller68364 km E1,04720.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
La Trinité-du-Mont76213 km NW95124.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvres7788 km N1,03822.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pallud73400 km SE78422.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Hériménil54280 km E89421.2Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rouvres7788 km N1,03822.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ronquerolles95107 km N90722.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
La Trinité-du-Mont76213 km NW95124.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hériménil54280 km E89421.2Few servicesno figures
Buschwiller68364 km E1,04720.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Pallud73400 km SE78422.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · 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 Darvault'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
Corent63291 km S79924.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Brice7754 km NE81923.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Yon9152 km NW92325Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Kolbsheim67360 km E1,02226.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Wintershouse67370 km E86932.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Aulnay-sur-Mauldre7898 km NW1,18019No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %