Orphin

Identity

Orphin (INSEE 78470) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA Rambouillet Territoires. Population 875 (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/78470-orphin

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 12 % of the 15,155 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 908 (2012) → 875 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 820 (1990) → 875 (2023): 6.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 392, of which 3.6 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Gazeran): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rambouillet): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rambouillet): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Orphin): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT-ARNOULT weather station, 11.2 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ORCEMONT, 3.3 km away at 164 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 630 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ABLIS, 6.8 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

52 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 349,425 € — 2,570 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

12 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 143,500 € — 2,261 € per m². ^[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

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78470/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78470/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78470/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78470/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78269
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78517
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28015
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78470
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025