Bruyères-le-Châtel

Essonne · CA Coeur d'Essonne Agglomération · INSEE 91115

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bruyères-le-Châtel (INSEE 91115) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Coeur d'Essonne Agglomération. Population 3,788 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91115-bruyeres-le-chatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 5,904 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	0.43	20	8.53
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.99	10	9.94
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (AURICA ET FLORIYAN CREATION DES GOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (OSCAR SELECT · LE CHATEL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (DI NAPOLI · CASA MIA · LES DOUCEURS D'AMBRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHATEL). ^[4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES COQUELICOTS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK LE FUR, MÉDECIN · MOHAMED-SALAH YOUSFI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BRUYERE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN-JACQUES SEMPE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE MORIONVILLE). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (JSC SOLUTIONS · COIFF' ELLE ET LUI · COIFFURE A DOMICILE ET ENTREPRISE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AURICA ET FLORIYAN CREATION DES GOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	OSCAR SELECT · LE CHATEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	4	DI NAPOLI · CASA MIA · LES DOUCEURS D'AMBRE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CHATEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LES BLEUETS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES COQUELICOTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	PATRICK LE FUR, MÉDECIN · MOHAMED-SALAH YOUSFI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA BRUYERE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN-JACQUES SEMPE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE MORIONVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	8	JSC SOLUTIONS · COIFF' ELLE ET LUI · COIFFURE A DOMICILE ET ENTREPRISE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,521 2023: 3,788 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,513 (2012) → 3,788 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,536 (1990) → 3,788 (2023): 49.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,798, of which 1.1 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 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 (Bruyères-le-Châtel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruyères-le-Châtel): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bruyères-le-Châtel): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bruyères-le-Châtel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bruyères-le-Châtel): 0.5 km to the south-west (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 0.7

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, 2.8 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 9.8 km away at 78 m, over 15 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., 2.8 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91115/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91115/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91115/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91115/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91115
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
Coudoux	13	607 km SE	3,825	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis	76	120 km NW	3,633	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Rousies	59	228 km NE	3,980	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon	01	375 km SE	3,849	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Survilliers	95	62 km NE	4,091	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Alénya	66	665 km S	3,782	47.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Survilliers	95	62 km NE	4,091	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis	76	120 km NW	3,633	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Rousies	59	228 km NE	3,980	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon	01	375 km SE	3,849	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Coudoux	13	607 km SE	3,825	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Alénya	66	665 km S	3,782	47.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 50 % · 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 Bruyères-le-Châtel'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
Rousies	59	228 km NE	3,980	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ormes	45	78 km S	4,376	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cergues	74	406 km SE	3,869	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Boussois	59	231 km NE	3,123	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mard	77	62 km NE	3,832	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Volvic	63	309 km S	4,883	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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