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Baulne

Essonne · CC du Val d'Essonne (CCVE) · INSEE 91047

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

Few services 37.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Baulne (INSEE 91047) is in Essonne (91), part of CC du Val d'Essonne (CCVE). Population 1,448 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91047-baulne

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 11,907 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 food0.39259.84
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.7107
Housing mix0.9854.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES TOQUES DU PAIN). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL HEURTAULT). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA T FAN · SOLEIL DE MARRAKECH). [3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON D'OPHELIE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES TOQUES DU PAININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1SARL HEURTAULTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1ALDI MARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2PIZZA T FAN · SOLEIL DE MARRAKECHINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE HENRI GWOZDZINSEE 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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2LE SALON D'OPHELIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 613 2023: 1,448 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,306 (2012) → 1,448 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,207 (1990) → 1,448 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 737, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.7 km SW (Baulne)Food shop — 0.7 km SW (Baulne)Primary school — 0.8 km N (Baulne)GP — 1.3 km SW (La Ferté-Alais)Pharmacy — 1.4 km SW (La Ferté-Alais)
Bakery — 0.7 km SWFood shop — 0.7 km SWPrimary school — 0.8 km NGP — 1.3 km SWPharmacy — 1.4 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 (Baulne): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Baulne): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (La Ferté-Alais): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (La Ferté-Alais): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Baulne): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the COURDIMANCHE weather station, 7.9 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 63 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at COURDIMANCHE, 7.9 km away at 71 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VIDELLES, 5.5 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91047/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91047/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91047/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91047/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91047
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91232
  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
Vaudricourt62224 km N1,13836.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenay-le-Vicomte916.8 km NE1,59637.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Civrieux-d'Azergues69343 km SE1,67546Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Pérouse90350 km E1,19637.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Yquelon50290 km W1,24046.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Isques62248 km N1,12227.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontenay-le-Vicomte916.8 km NE1,59637.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Vaudricourt62224 km N1,13836.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Isques62248 km N1,12227.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Yquelon50290 km W1,24046.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Civrieux-d'Azergues69343 km SE1,67546Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Pérouse90350 km E1,19637.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · 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 Baulne'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
Pérouse90350 km E1,19637.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lévis-Saint-Nom7840 km NW1,60327.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fèves57286 km E1,19340.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Courmelles02118 km NE1,80824.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bousbach57344 km E1,17931.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe7766 km E1,78136.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %