La Houssaye-en-Brie

Seine-et-Marne · CC Val Briard · INSEE 77229

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Houssaye-en-Brie (INSEE 77229) is in Seine-et-Marne (77), part of CC Val Briard. Population 1,731 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 10,556 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PATURAGES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA HOUSSAYE-EN-BRIE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PATURAGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA HOUSSAYE-EN-BRIE	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 548 2023: 1,731 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,627 (2012) → 1,731 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,038 (1990) → 1,731 (2023): 66.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 710, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km SGP — 5.0 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 (Marles-en-Brie): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Houssaye-en-Brie): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mortcerf): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fontenay-Trésigny): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Houssaye-en-Brie): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.7

Days at or below 0 °C 54

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FONTENAY-TRES weather station, 7.9 km away at 105 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY-TRES, 7.9 km away at 105 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY-TRES, 7.9 km away at 105 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77229/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77229/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77229/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77229/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 77277
INSEE BPE 2025 — 77229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 77318
INSEE BPE 2025 — 77192
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
Soussans	33	493 km SW	1,719	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 36 %
Cerelles	37	214 km SW	1,252	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Zegerscappel	59	240 km N	1,562	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Marthod	73	429 km SE	1,346	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Galluis	78	79 km W	1,298	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	400 km SW	1,782	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Galluis	78	79 km W	1,298	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cerelles	37	214 km SW	1,252	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Zegerscappel	59	240 km N	1,562	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	400 km SW	1,782	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Marthod	73	429 km SE	1,346	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Soussans	33	493 km SW	1,719	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · 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 La Houssaye-en-Brie'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
Galluis	78	79 km W	1,298	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Barc	27	154 km W	1,166	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Fuscien	80	127 km N	1,409	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	9.4 km SW	1,410	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wavignies	60	96 km NW	1,341	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne	53	276 km W	1,732	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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