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Prunay-en-Yvelines

Yvelines · CA Rambouillet Territoires · INSEE 78506

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prunay-en-Yvelines (INSEE 78506) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA Rambouillet Territoires. Population 808 (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/78506-prunay-en-yvelines

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 15,588 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.56105.6
Housing mix0.9354.64

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 (AKWABA). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE L'ESPERLUETE). [3]

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

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AKWABAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE L'ESPERLUETEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 472 peak 2017: 870 2023: 808 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 810 (2012) → 808 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 762 (1990) → 808 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 3.6 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.8 km SW (Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien)Bakery — 2.9 km SE (Ablis)Food shop — 2.9 km SE (Ablis)Pharmacy — 3.3 km SE (Ablis)
In the commune Primary school GP — 2.8 km SWBakery — 2.9 km SEFood shop — 2.9 km SEPharmacy — 3.3 km SE 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 (Ablis): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ablis): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ablis): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Prunay-en-Yvelines): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 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, 11.3 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 145 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at ORCEMONT, 8.4 km away at 164 m, over 11 summers. [11]

An average of 630 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ABLIS, 2.1 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78506/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78506/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78506/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78506/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78003
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28015
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78506
  11. 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
Saiguède31558 km S79434Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Mésigny74425 km SE80435.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-le-Châtel01353 km SE79633.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Civrac-de-Blaye33416 km SW79534.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Sulpice73450 km SE82132.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Budos33474 km S82333.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Martin-le-Châtel01353 km SE79633.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Civrac-de-Blaye33416 km SW79534.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Mésigny74425 km SE80435.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice73450 km SE82132.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Budos33474 km S82333.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 29 %
Saiguède31558 km S79434Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Prunay-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
Fromentières53197 km W84832.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde38426 km SE75934Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mâron36191 km S73529.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois2839 km W89732.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice63336 km S96831.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Marsangy89118 km SE87033.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %