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Le Perray-en-Yvelines

Yvelines · CA Rambouillet Territoires · INSEE 78486

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Perray-en-Yvelines (INSEE 78486) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA Rambouillet Territoires. Population 6,480 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/78486-le-perray-en-yvelines

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 3,694 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.32258.08
Social0.592011.82
Education0.53105.28
Health0.5104.99
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.9108.95
Housing mix0.9854.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES FOLIES CRAQUANTES · LE PERRO'PAIN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE L'EGLISE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE JFC). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (KL DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE). [3,4]

13 × Restaurant (LA FORET D'EMERAUDE · L'ORIENT ROUGE · AU BIENVENU · O TROTTEUR). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHOUAN). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU PONT MARQUANT). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES PLATANES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LA BARANTONNERIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PASTOUREAUX). [3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GERARD MOLKO, MÉDECIN · EMILIA PIRES, MÉDECIN · KARINE FAYOLLE, MÉDECIN · LEONORE VERGNE, MÉDECIN · JOCELYN LARUE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GERSENDE DEUMIER). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU PERRAY-EN-YVELINES). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES SPORTS · COIE CENTRE OMNISPORTS INTERCOMMUNAL DES ETANGS). [3]

4 × Bank (CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]

10 × Hairdresser (WEDDING STYLIST PARIS · MODE & COIFF · OULD LAMARA SONIA · STYLE ET TENDANCES). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3LES FOLIES CRAQUANTES · LE PERRO'PAIN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE L'EGLISEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE JFCINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1KL DISTRIBUTIONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket1AUCHAN SUPERMARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant13LA FORET D'EMERAUDE · L'ORIENT ROUGE · AU BIENVENU · O TROTTEURINSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE CHOUANINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE DU PONT MARQUANTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES PLATANES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LA BARANTONNERIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PASTOUREAUXINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)6GERARD MOLKO, MÉDECIN · EMILIA PIRES, MÉDECIN · KARINE FAYOLLE, MÉDECIN · LEONORE VERGNE, MÉDECIN · JOCELYN LARUE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE GERSENDE DEUMIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DU PERRAY-EN-YVELINESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2PARC DES SPORTS · COIE CENTRE OMNISPORTS INTERCOMMUNAL DES ETANGSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank4CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBASINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser10WEDDING STYLIST PARIS · MODE & COIFF · OULD LAMARA SONIA · STYLE ET TENDANCESINSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Friday, Sunday Vendredi de 7h30 à 13h, Mercredi de 7h30 à 18h, Dimanche de 8h à 13h Place de la Mairie. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,341 peak 2017: 6,724 2023: 6,480 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,680 (2012) → 6,480 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 4,645 (1990) → 6,480 (2023): 39.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,183, of which 1.2 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Le Perray-en-Yvelines): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Le Perray-en-Yvelines): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Le Perray-en-Yvelines): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Le Perray-en-Yvelines): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Le Perray-en-Yvelines): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST-LEGER_SAPC weather station, 8.1 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 175 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ST-LEGER_SAPC, 8.1 km away at 176 m, over 18 summers. [10]

An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LE PERRAY, 0.9 km away at 174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78486/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://leperray.fr/commercants-entreprises/— “Le marché Vendredi de 7h30 à 13h Mercredi de 7h30 à 18h Dimanche de 8h à 13h Le dimanche et vendredi matin et le mercredi, un marché est installé Place de la Mairie.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78486/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78486/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78486/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78486
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chevrolière44314 km SW6,53955Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Bréal-sous-Montfort35284 km W6,39159.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Limours9117 km E6,51752Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Loriol-sur-Drôme26493 km SE6,61453.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Gueugnon71286 km SE6,52857.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montech82529 km S6,66359.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Limours9117 km E6,51752Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Bréal-sous-Montfort35284 km W6,39159.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Gueugnon71286 km SE6,52857.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Chevrolière44314 km SW6,53955Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Loriol-sur-Drôme26493 km SE6,61453.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montech82529 km S6,66359.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Le Perray-en-Yvelines'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Limours9117 km E6,51752Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Corbie80143 km N5,98257.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Étréchy9133 km SE6,98659Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Fontenay-Trésigny7774 km E5,99462.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Montdidier80118 km NE5,93560.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée60100 km NE5,81059.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %