Gressey

Yvelines · CC du Pays Houdanais (CCPH) · INSEE 78285

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gressey (INSEE 78285) is in Yvelines (78), part of CC du Pays Houdanais (CCPH). Population 533 (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/78285-gressey

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,580 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.89	10	8.88
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BISTROT TRICOTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	BISTROT TRICOTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 210 peak 2012: 547 2023: 533 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 547 (2012) → 533 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 384 (1990) → 533 (2023): 38.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 7.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km SEFood shop — 3.5 km EGP — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.6 km S 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 (Richebourg): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Richebourg): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Maulette): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Houdan): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.9

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ORGERUS weather station, 7 km away at 102 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ORGERUS, 7 km away at 102 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

An average of 552 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ORGERUS, 7 km away at 102 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78285/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78285/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78285/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78285/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78520
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78381
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78285
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
Ordizan	65	647 km S	513	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Flaujagues	33	461 km S	594	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 93 %
Sepvret	79	310 km SW	620	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mombrier	33	448 km S	477	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
La Forêt-le-Roi	91	51 km SE	492	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Zoteux	62	199 km N	588	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Forêt-le-Roi	91	51 km SE	492	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Zoteux	62	199 km N	588	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Sepvret	79	310 km SW	620	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mombrier	33	448 km S	477	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Flaujagues	33	461 km S	594	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 93 %
Ordizan	65	647 km S	513	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Gressey'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
La Forêt-le-Roi	91	51 km SE	492	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-Tubœuf	61	68 km W	568	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Giel-Courteilles	61	133 km W	488	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Margny-sur-Matz	60	115 km NE	531	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Francières	60	104 km NE	543	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Aingeray	54	322 km E	532	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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