Civry-la-Forêt

Identity

Civry-la-Forêt (INSEE 78163) is in Yvelines (78), part of CC du Pays Houdanais (CCPH). Population 373 (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/78163-civry-la-foret

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 18,034 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES VOLAILLES DE VERONIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA VAUCOULEURS - GOLF CLUB SAS). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 367 (2012) → 373 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 373 (2023): 33.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 6.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Dammartin-en-Serve): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Civry-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Septeuil): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dammartin-en-Serve): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Civry-la-Forêt): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ORGERUS weather station, 5.8 km away at 102 m; the village itself is at 123 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ORGERUS, 5.8 km away at 102 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 552 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ORGERUS, 5.8 km away at 102 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

20 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 309,730 € — 1,536 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Yvelines is 3,657 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78163/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78163/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78163/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78163/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78192
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78163
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78591
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025