Blaru

Yvelines · CC Les Portes de l'Ile de France · INSEE 78068

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

Partly served 42/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blaru (INSEE 78068) is in Yvelines (78), part of CC Les Portes de l'Ile de France. Population 907 (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/78068-blaru

Vitality score

Vitality score 42/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,931 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.72	10	7.17
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

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]

1 × Restaurant (PICCOLA PIZZ'). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	PICCOLA PIZZ'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	STEPH COIFFURE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 418 peak 2007: 932 2023: 907 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 930 (2012) → 907 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 745 (1990) → 907 (2023): 21.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 423, of which 7.1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km WFood shop — 2.7 km WPharmacy — 3.7 km NGP — 4.1 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 (Blaru): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Douains): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vernon): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vernon): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Blaru): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.1

Days at or below 0 °C 38.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAGNANVILLE weather station, 17.1 km away at 123 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MAGNANVILLE, 17.1 km away at 123 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 663 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CRAVENT, 6.5 km away at 146 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 — 78068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27203
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27681
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
Trévérien	35	261 km W	918	48.2	Partly served	no figures
Auxy	71	319 km SE	915	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Bully	76	76 km N	863	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Lantignié	69	400 km SE	849	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac	47	544 km S	899	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Montbellet	71	382 km SE	870	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bully	76	76 km N	863	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Trévérien	35	261 km W	918	48.2	Partly served	no figures
Auxy	71	319 km SE	915	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Montbellet	71	382 km SE	870	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lantignié	69	400 km SE	849	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac	47	544 km S	899	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Blaru'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
Montbellet	71	382 km SE	870	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Glos	14	88 km W	931	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul	27	10 km NW	973	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sur-Verberie	60	92 km E	724	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hypercourt	80	132 km NE	679	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aigneville	80	110 km N	904	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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