Cravent

Identity

Cravent (INSEE 78188) is in Yvelines (78), part of CC Les Portes de l'Ile de France. Population 438 (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/78188-cravent

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,909 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RO FESTIN). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 427 (2012) → 438 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 260 (1990) → 438 (2023): 68.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 13.9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chaufour-lès-Bonnières): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Breuilpont): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bréval): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bréval): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cravent): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the MAGNANVILLE weather station, 13.7 km away at 123 m; the village itself is at 153 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MAGNANVILLE, 13.7 km away at 123 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 663 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CRAVENT, 0.4 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 280,583 € — 1,553 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Yvelines is 3,657 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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 — 78188/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78188/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78188/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78188/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78147
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27114
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78107
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78188
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025