Bois-d'Arcy
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bois-d'Arcy (INSEE 78073) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP). Population 16,586 (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/78073-bois-d-arcy
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 24 % of the 1,451 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.61 |
| Social | 0.67 | 20 | 13.44 |
| Education | 0.46 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Health | 0.56 | 10 | 5.58 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.07 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.73 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE · MELICOOKIZ). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE LEMONNIER BREUZARD · L'AFFINEUR DES VIANDES · BOUCHERIE UNIVERSELLE). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (E. LECLERC · DARCY DISTRIBUTION · COCCI MARKET). [3,4]
24 × Restaurant (BEYDIUM · SUSHI BAR · L ILE O CREPES · PJ2R · HIROSAKI). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS D'ARCY · LE BOIS D'ARCY · L'ANGELUS). [4]
5 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE MATERNELLE GERARD REILLON · ECOL MATE MARC CHAGALL · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA ROSERAIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB M. RENAUD). [3]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FREDERIC MISTRAL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MADAME VIGEE LE BRUN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALEXANDRE TURPAULT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB BARRAULT). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE MOZART). [3]
13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL ROUX, MÉDECIN · NADINE CORNUAULT, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE MARINI, MÉDECIN · FARID KABICHE, MÉDECIN · ERIC BRETON, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE WEBER · SELARL PHARMACIE CENTRE COMMERCIAL · SELARL PHARMACIE RAVEL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA TREMBLAYE). [3]
1 × Cinema (LA GRANGE DE LA TREMBLAYE). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE PERDREAU · STADE JEAN MOULIN · GYMNASE COLETTE BESSON). [3]
8 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL BOIS D ARCY · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT MUTUEL). [3]
17 × Hairdresser (ARCY COIFFURE · TIF'SH · SHAIMOA · DOM COIF). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (B&B HOTELS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 6 | AU PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE · MELICOOKIZ | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | CHARCUTERIE LEMONNIER BREUZARD · L'AFFINEUR DES VIANDES · BOUCHERIE UNIVERSELLE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | E. LECLERC · DARCY DISTRIBUTION · COCCI MARKET | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 24 | BEYDIUM · SUSHI BAR · L ILE O CREPES · PJ2R · HIROSAKI | INSEE BPE 24 / INSEE SIRENE 32 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE RELAIS D'ARCY · LE BOIS D'ARCY · L'ANGELUS | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 5 | ECOLE MATERNELLE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE MATERNELLE GERARD REILLON · ECOL MATE MARC CHAGALL · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA ROSERAIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB M. RENAUD | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FREDERIC MISTRAL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MADAME VIGEE LE BRUN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALEXANDRE TURPAULT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB BARRAULT | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE MOZART | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 13 | MICHEL ROUX, MÉDECIN · NADINE CORNUAULT, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE MARINI, MÉDECIN · FARID KABICHE, MÉDECIN · ERIC BRETON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 13 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE WEBER · SELARL PHARMACIE CENTRE COMMERCIAL · SELARL PHARMACIE RAVEL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA TREMBLAYE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LA GRANGE DE LA TREMBLAYE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | GYMNASE PERDREAU · STADE JEAN MOULIN · GYMNASE COLETTE BESSON | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 8 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL BOIS D ARCY · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT MUTUEL | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 17 | ARCY COIFFURE · TIF'SH · SHAIMOA · DOM COIF | INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | B&B HOTELS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Sunday 8 h à 13 h 30 Place de l'Église. [5]
Trajectory
Population 13,813 (2012) → 16,586 (2023): 20.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 12,693 (1990) → 16,586 (2023): 30.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 7,485, of which 2.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bois-d'Arcy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Bois-d'Arcy): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bois-d'Arcy): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bois-d'Arcy): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Bois-d'Arcy): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the TRAPPES weather station, 3.4 km away at 167 m; the village itself is at 166 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TRAPPES, 3.4 km away at 167 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TRAPPES, 3.4 km away at 167 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78073/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.boisdarcy.fr/marche-bois-d-arcy.aspx— “Ils vous accueillent chaque mercredi et dimanche, de 8 h à 13 h 30.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78073/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78073/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78073/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 78073
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire | 44 | 313 km SW | 16,400 | 59.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bailleul | 59 | 221 km N | 14,732 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fonsorbes | 31 | 589 km S | 12,954 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 % |
| Pamiers | 09 | 633 km S | 16,473 | 69.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne | 53 | 230 km SW | 16,584 | 68.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteaurenard | 13 | 588 km SE | 16,545 | 66.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleul | 59 | 221 km N | 14,732 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne | 53 | 230 km SW | 16,584 | 68.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire | 44 | 313 km SW | 16,400 | 59.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châteaurenard | 13 | 588 km SE | 16,545 | 66.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Fonsorbes | 31 | 589 km S | 12,954 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 % |
| Pamiers | 09 | 633 km S | 16,473 | 69.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · 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 Bois-d'Arcy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleul | 59 | 221 km N | 14,732 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mennecy | 91 | 39 km SE | 16,433 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coulommiers | 77 | 77 km E | 16,374 | 68.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 59 | 209 km NE | 15,974 | 62.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Château-Thierry | 02 | 104 km E | 15,097 | 66.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moissy-Cramayel | 77 | 46 km SE | 18,511 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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