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Machault

Seine-et-Marne · CC Brie des Rivières et Châteaux · INSEE 77266

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

Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Machault (INSEE 77266) is in Seine-et-Marne (77), part of CC Brie des Rivières et Châteaux. Population 815 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/77266-machault

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 15,563 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9154.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LAPASTELLE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (JENNIF' HAIR COIFF). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LAPASTELLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1JENNIF' HAIR COIFFINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 316 2023: 815 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 755 (2012) → 815 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 538 (1990) → 815 (2023): 51.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 352, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 3.0 km E (Pamfou)Food shop — 3.3 km E (Pamfou)Bakery — 4.9 km W (Héricy)Pharmacy — 4.9 km W (Héricy)
In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km EFood shop — 3.3 km EBakery — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Héricy): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pamfou): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Pamfou): 3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Héricy): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Machault): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LE CHATELET weather station, 4.4 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 111 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LE CHATELET, 4.4 km away at 85 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 684 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LE CHATELET, 4.4 km away at 85 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 — 77266/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77266/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77266/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77266/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77226
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77354
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77266
  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
Palaminy31600 km S75144.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Pontarmé6080 km N90546.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Coltainville2892 km W91545.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Chassemy02114 km NE89543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Cumières51106 km NE68537.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Hondeghem59257 km N91645.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pontarmé6080 km N90546.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Coltainville2892 km W91545.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Cumières51106 km NE68537.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Chassemy02114 km NE89543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Hondeghem59257 km N91645.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Palaminy31600 km S75144.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Machault'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
Pontarmé6080 km N90546.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Chassemy02114 km NE89543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Forstfeld67385 km E79837.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Foussemagne90323 km E86948Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Pontpierre57287 km E73539.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Sermersheim67349 km E95537.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %