Villette

Identity

Villette (INSEE 78677) is in Yvelines (78), part of CC du Pays Houdanais (CCPH). Population 524 (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/78677-villette

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,685 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES GAUDINES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 520 (2012) → 524 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 439 (1990) → 524 (2023): 19.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 7.2 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Guerville): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vert): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guerville): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Guerville): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villette): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAGNANVILLE weather station, 4.3 km away at 123 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[11]

The village sits 72 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MAGNANVILLE, 4.3 km away at 123 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 72 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 659 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SEPTEUIL, 4 km away at 107 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 — 78677/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78677/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78677/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78677/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78291
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78647
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 78677
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024