Médan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 26.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Médan (INSEE 78384) is in Yvelines (78), part of CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise. Population 1,289 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/78384-medan
Vitality score
Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 12,766 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.29 |
| Housing mix | 0.78 | 5 | 3.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DESSERTS D'ICI). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (QUAIS DE SEINE FOOD SAS). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE ZOLA). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLE BEAUNOIR, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE GATEAU, MÉDECIN). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LES DESSERTS D'ICI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | QUAIS DE SEINE FOOD SAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE ZOLA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | CAROLE BEAUNOIR, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE GATEAU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 1,417 (2012) → 1,289 (2023): -9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,387 (1990) → 1,289 (2023): -7.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 626, of which 11 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villennes-sur-Seine): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villennes-sur-Seine): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Médan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Carrières-sous-Poissy): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Médan): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHAPET weather station, 5.4 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 24 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CHAPET, 5.4 km away at 42 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 605 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHAPET, 5.4 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
91 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 560,000 € — 3,853 € per m² of built surface. [12]
7 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 170,000 € — 3,667 € per m². [12]
The median across Yvelines is 3,657 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78384/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78384/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78384/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78384/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 78672
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 78384
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 78123
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterswiller | 67 | 395 km E | 1,309 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernardswiller | 67 | 405 km E | 1,473 | 35.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sommerviller | 54 | 323 km E | 1,010 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Virsac | 33 | 474 km SW | 1,304 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 % |
| Niedernai | 67 | 409 km E | 1,225 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Buhl-Lorraine | 57 | 373 km E | 1,204 | 35.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommerviller | 54 | 323 km E | 1,010 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buhl-Lorraine | 57 | 373 km E | 1,204 | 35.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Otterswiller | 67 | 395 km E | 1,309 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernardswiller | 67 | 405 km E | 1,473 | 35.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Niedernai | 67 | 409 km E | 1,225 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Virsac | 33 | 474 km SW | 1,304 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · 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 Médan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterswiller | 67 | 395 km E | 1,309 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sommerviller | 54 | 323 km E | 1,010 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coutevroult | 77 | 64 km E | 1,187 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quincey | 70 | 344 km SE | 1,338 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Griesheim-sur-Souffel | 67 | 417 km E | 1,216 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Altorf | 67 | 409 km E | 1,447 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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