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Bonnelles

Yvelines · CA Rambouillet Territoires · INSEE 78087

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonnelles (INSEE 78087) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA Rambouillet Territoires. Population 2,165 (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/78087-bonnelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 9,095 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 food0250
Social0.72014.09
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.49104.87
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (A 2 PATTATES · PIZZA DUO · COME CHEZ MAMIE GALETTE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DU BONNELOIS). [4]

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

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LES TROIS MOULINS). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALOÏS SCRIZZI, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE BOISSON, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BONNELLES). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (CHLOE STUDIO · ACCROCHE COEUR). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE BARN). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3A 2 PATTATES · PIZZA DUO · COME CHEZ MAMIE GALETTEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE RELAIS DU BONNELOISINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE L'ORANGERIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE L'ORANGERIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE LES TROIS MOULINSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2ALOÏS SCRIZZI, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE BOISSON, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BONNELLES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BONNELLESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2CHLOE STUDIO · ACCROCHE COEURINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LE BARNINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 546 peak 1990: 2,193 2023: 2,165 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,931 (2012) → 2,165 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,193 (1990) → 2,165 (2023): -1.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 924, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.0 km W (Bullion)Food shop — 2.1 km W (Bullion)Pharmacy — 3.8 km SE (Angervilliers)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.0 km WFood shop — 2.1 km WPharmacy — 3.8 km SE 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 (Bullion): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bullion): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bonnelles): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Angervilliers): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Bonnelles): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHOISEL weather station, 7.6 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 119 m. [11]

The village sits 57 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

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

Humidity measured at TOUSSUS LE NOBLE, 16 km away at 154 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHOISEL, 7.6 km away at 176 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 — 78087/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78087/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78087/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78087/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78120
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78087
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91017
  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
Ecques62229 km N2,18139.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Sinceny02141 km NE2,00535.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Roche-Maurice29459 km W1,89338.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux86234 km SW2,17444.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues34569 km S2,14851Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 7 %
Frontonas38407 km SE2,12347.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sinceny02141 km NE2,00535.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ecques62229 km N2,18139.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux86234 km SW2,17444.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Frontonas38407 km SE2,12347.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Roche-Maurice29459 km W1,89338.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues34569 km S2,14851Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Bonnelles'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
Sinceny02141 km NE2,00535.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Tucquegnieux54293 km E2,44136.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cousolre59237 km NE2,15351.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Loué72176 km W2,15654.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Taissy51165 km NE2,19440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pontcarré7754 km E2,13639.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %