Briis-sous-Forges

Essonne · CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL) · INSEE 91111

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

Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Briis-sous-Forges (INSEE 91111) is in Essonne (91), part of CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL). Population 3,342 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/91111-briis-sous-forges

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 22 % of the 6,510 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (ATELIER MARTIN'S · LES DELICES DE BRIIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAS BOUCHERIE LAILLIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BRIIS MARKET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SASU NSN · ASIAN COOK). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE DE TARCISIUS · ECOLE ELEMENT PUBLIQUE LES BOSQUETS). ^[3]

2 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE DE LA TRINITE · COLLEGE JEAN MONNET). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-CLAIRE DE BAILLIENCOURT DIT COURCOL, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS RENOUF, MÉDECIN · INES SFAXI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU FAYET DE LA TOUR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (FLORIANE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (LE MOULIN DE BECHEREAU). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	ATELIER MARTIN'S · LES DELICES DE BRIIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SAS BOUCHERIE LAILLIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BRIIS MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	SASU NSN · ASIAN COOK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES LUTINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE DE TARCISIUS · ECOLE ELEMENT PUBLIQUE LES BOSQUETS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE DE LA TRINITE · COLLEGE JEAN MONNET	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ANNE-CLAIRE DE BAILLIENCOURT DIT COURCOL, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS RENOUF, MÉDECIN · INES SFAXI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU FAYET DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	FLORIANE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE MOULIN DE BECHEREAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,059 peak 2012: 3,551 2023: 3,342 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,551 (2012) → 3,342 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,220 (1990) → 3,342 (2023): 50.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,441, of which 1.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km S 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 (Briis-sous-Forges): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Briis-sous-Forges): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Briis-sous-Forges): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Briis-sous-Forges): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Briis-sous-Forges): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.6

Days at or below 0 °C 52.2

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FONTENAY-LES-B. weather station, 3.4 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VILLIERS-LE-BAC, 11.8 km away at 147 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY-LES-B., 3.4 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91111/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91111/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91111/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91111/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91111
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
Albias	82	507 km S	3,240	42	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque	66	659 km S	3,335	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Martin-le-Beau	37	168 km SW	3,216	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Baziège	31	576 km S	3,583	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Scherwiller	67	392 km E	3,099	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Iteuil	86	274 km SW	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-le-Beau	37	168 km SW	3,216	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Iteuil	86	274 km SW	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Scherwiller	67	392 km E	3,099	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Albias	82	507 km S	3,240	42	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Baziège	31	576 km S	3,583	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque	66	659 km S	3,335	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Briis-sous-Forges'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
Scherwiller	67	392 km E	3,099	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Iteuil	86	274 km SW	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Smarves	86	270 km SW	2,941	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-Blanche	63	334 km S	3,311	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-d'Outillé	72	157 km SW	2,483	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Houdan	78	43 km NW	3,721	61.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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