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Samoreau

Seine-et-Marne · CA du Pays de Fontainebleau · INSEE 77442

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

Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Samoreau (INSEE 77442) is in Seine-et-Marne (77), part of CA du Pays de Fontainebleau. Population 2,384 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/77442-samoreau

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 81 % of the 8,518 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 food0.552513.81
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.78107.84
Housing mix0.9554.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (A LA SAVEUR DES PAINS). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE GRANDPERRET · SARL VIANDES LEBON). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PORTUGAL A SAMOREAU). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · ACTION). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA TREILLE · LA BUVETTE SAMOREAU). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPINE FOULON, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAMOREAU AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAMOREAU). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CAFE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1A LA SAVEUR DES PAINSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2BOUCHERIE GRANDPERRET · SARL VIANDES LEBONINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PORTUGAL A SAMOREAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket2LIDL · ACTIONINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2AUBERGE DE LA TREILLE · LA BUVETTE SAMOREAUINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1PHILIPPINE FOULON, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAMOREAU APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAMOREAUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CAFE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPALINSEE 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: 887 2023: 2,384 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,317 (2012) → 2,384 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,856 (1990) → 2,384 (2023): 28.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,153, of which 2.3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 1.0 km N (Vulaines-sur-Seine)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.0 km N 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 (Samoreau): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Samoreau): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Samoreau): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vulaines-sur-Seine): 1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Samoreau): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the FONTAINEBLEAU_SAPC weather station, 6.1 km away at 84 m; the village itself is at 81 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at FONTAINEBLEAU_SAPC, 6.1 km away at 84 m, over 18 summers. [10]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAMMES, 5.9 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77442/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77442/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77442/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77442/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77442
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77533
  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
Dorlisheim67349 km E2,63658.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Clouange57261 km E3,82462ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Chanteloup-en-Brie7748 km N4,13054.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Magenta51113 km NE1,68057.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Venette60110 km N2,75870ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Belleu02112 km N3,65934.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chanteloup-en-Brie7748 km N4,13054.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Venette60110 km N2,75870ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Belleu02112 km N3,65934.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Magenta51113 km NE1,68057.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Clouange57261 km E3,82462ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Dorlisheim67349 km E2,63658.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Samoreau'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
Fraisses42357 km S3,87243.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mammès775.6 km SE3,16243.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chantraine88274 km E3,19828.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sochaux25320 km E3,72157.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Conflans-en-Jarnisy54242 km E2,38950.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Is-sur-Tille21202 km SE4,30257Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %