Ponthévrard

Yvelines · CA Rambouillet Territoires · INSEE 78499

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ponthévrard (INSEE 78499) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA Rambouillet Territoires. Population 693 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/78499-ponthevrard

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 16,411 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

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 0 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 (CO THI PRODUCTIONS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE PONTHEVRARD). ^[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. ^[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	CO THI PRODUCTIONS	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 DE LA FORET	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MEDIATHEQUE DE PONTHEVRARD	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 99 2023: 693 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 608 (2012) → 693 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 420 (1990) → 693 (2023): 65 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 3.1 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km SBakery — 2.6 km NEGP — 2.7 km NEPharmacy — 2.8 km NE 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 (Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ponthévrard): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 54.6

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT-ARNOULT weather station, 2.6 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ORCEMONT, 9.7 km away at 164 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 684 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-ARNOULT, 2.6 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78499/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78499/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78499/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78499/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78537
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78564
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78499
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
Fêche-l'Église	90	392 km E	702	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vernajoul	09	620 km S	701	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Pouilley-Français	25	329 km SE	816	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bauzély	30	544 km S	678	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	82 km N	958	34.2	Few services	no figures
Champagne	07	426 km SE	652	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	82 km N	958	34.2	Few services	no figures
Pouilley-Français	25	329 km SE	816	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fêche-l'Église	90	392 km E	702	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Champagne	07	426 km SE	652	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Bauzély	30	544 km S	678	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Vernajoul	09	620 km S	701	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Ponthévrard'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
Fêche-l'Église	90	392 km E	702	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Kuttolsheim	67	413 km E	651	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-du-Noyer	28	71 km SW	1,015	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wangen	67	409 km E	639	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Marcq	78	35 km N	802	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fessenheim-le-Bas	67	414 km E	570	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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