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La Verrière

Yvelines · CA de Saint Quentin en Yvelines · INSEE 78644

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Verrière (INSEE 78644) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA de Saint Quentin en Yvelines. Population 5,994 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [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/78644-la-verriere

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 14 % of the 3,938 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 food0.28256.97
Social0.562011.16
Education0.53105.28
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.47104.69
Housing mix0.9854.92

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 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS COULIBALY · BRONUTS). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (VIAND'ART). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (YANN EXO MARKET). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

9 × Restaurant (STORIA DA ENNIO · DM PIZZA · LES DELICES DE LA GARE · PIZZA B.E · BURGER'S BAR). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (TABAC LA VERRIERE). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE BOIS DE L'ETANG · ECOLE MATERNELLE PARC DU CHATEAU). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (EC.REGIONALE DU PREMIER DEGRE ERPD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PARC DU CHATEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BOIS DE L'ETANG). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE DE LA GARE · PHARMACIE DU BOIS DE L'ETANG). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE AIMÉ CÉSAIRE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU BOIS DE L ETANG · PARC COUSTEAU). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (BARBER'MAN · BOUSSELMI IBTISSEM). [3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL CAMPANILE · STORIA DA ENNIO). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: GP (médecin généraliste). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2SAS COULIBALY · BRONUTSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1VIAND'ARTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1YANN EXO MARKETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant9STORIA DA ENNIO · DM PIZZA · LES DELICES DE LA GARE · PIZZA B.E · BURGER'S BARINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar1TABAC LA VERRIEREINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE BOIS DE L'ETANG · ECOLE MATERNELLE PARC DU CHATEAUINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3EC.REGIONALE DU PREMIER DEGRE ERPD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PARC DU CHATEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BOIS DE L'ETANGINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy2SARL PHARMACIE DE LA GARE · PHARMACIE DU BOIS DE L'ETANGINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE AIMÉ CÉSAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2GYMNASE DU BOIS DE L ETANG · PARC COUSTEAUINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2BARBER'MAN · BOUSSELMI IBTISSEMINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel2HOTEL CAMPANILE · STORIA DA ENNIOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,868 peak 2017: 6,715 2023: 5,994 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,962 (2012) → 5,994 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 6,187 (1990) → 5,994 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,541, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.5 km E (La Verrière)GP — 0.7 km N (Élancourt)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.5 km EGP — 0.7 km N 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 (Élancourt): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Verrière): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Élancourt): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Verrière): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (La Verrière): 0.4 km to the south-west (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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the TRAPPES weather station, 4.2 km away at 167 m; the village itself is at 169 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at TRAPPES, 4.2 km away at 167 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at TRAPPES, 4.2 km away at 167 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78644/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78644/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78644/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78644/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78208
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78644
  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
Fouquières-lès-Lens62198 km N6,08747.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villabé9141 km SE5,83059.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chambourcy7818 km N5,84751.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Longueau80127 km N5,68050.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-le-Roi7823 km NE6,33254.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Cormontreuil51162 km E6,53463.7ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chambourcy7818 km N5,84751.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-le-Roi7823 km NE6,33254.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Villabé9141 km SE5,83059.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Longueau80127 km N5,68050.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cormontreuil51162 km E6,53463.7ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fouquières-lès-Lens62198 km N6,08747.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Verrière'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
Fouquières-lès-Lens62198 km N6,08747.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villabé9141 km SE5,83059.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Longueau80127 km N5,68050.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cormelles-le-Royal14173 km W5,37754.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulx-les-Chartreux9124 km E6,73359.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvrages59213 km NE6,79642.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %