Vieille-Église-en-Yvelines

Yvelines · CA Rambouillet Territoires · INSEE 78655

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

Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieille-Église-en-Yvelines (INSEE 78655) is in Yvelines (78), part of CA Rambouillet Territoires. Population 652 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

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

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 16,750 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.39	10	3.87
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUÉNAËLLE PATTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VIEILLE EGLISE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES RIGOLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GUÉNAËLLE PATTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VIEILLE EGLISE	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: 595 peak 2007: 782 2023: 652 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 777 (2012) → 652 (2023): -16.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 735 (1990) → 652 (2023): -11.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 3.7 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.0 km SWBakery — 2.6 km NWFood shop — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.9 km SW 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): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Perray-en-Yvelines): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vieille-Église-en-Yvelines): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rambouillet): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vieille-Église-en-Yvelines): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.6

Days at or below 0 °C 54.9

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHOISEL weather station, 9.3 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 171 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ORCEMONT, 9.1 km away at 164 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE PERRAY, 2.7 km away at 174 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 — 78655/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78655/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78655/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78655/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78486
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78655
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78517
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
Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues	34	573 km S	775	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Marolles	51	202 km E	796	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Monteil	43	430 km S	691	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lalande-de-Pomerol	33	442 km S	618	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Blies-Ébersing	57	388 km E	617	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Breuil-Bois-Robert	78	33 km N	764	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Breuil-Bois-Robert	78	33 km N	764	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Marolles	51	202 km E	796	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Blies-Ébersing	57	388 km E	617	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Le Monteil	43	430 km S	691	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lalande-de-Pomerol	33	442 km S	618	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues	34	573 km S	775	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Vieille-Église-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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marolles	51	202 km E	796	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Machemont	60	117 km NE	830	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Eulmont	54	319 km E	1,120	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Avilly-Saint-Léonard	60	76 km NE	852	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Verderonne	60	86 km NE	483	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yon	91	26 km SE	923	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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