Courances

Essonne · CC des 2 Vallées · INSEE 91180

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

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courances (INSEE 91180) is in Essonne (91), part of CC des 2 Vallées. Population 348 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91180-courances

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 18,020 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.48	10	4.83
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES PAPILLES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA FOULERIE · LE CAFE DE COURANCES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA SOURCE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE PARANQUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES PAPILLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LA FOULERIE · LE CAFE DE COURANCES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PHILIPPE PARANQUE, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 272 peak 1990: 354 2023: 348 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 348 (2012) → 348 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 354 (1990) → 348 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 14.8 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.2 km SPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Courances): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Milly-la-Forêt): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Courances): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Milly-la-Forêt): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Courances): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 54.7

Muggy days a summer 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 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COURDIMANCHE weather station, 7.7 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at COURDIMANCHE, 7.7 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 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91405
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
Menoncourt	90	343 km E	391	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Breuchotte	70	304 km E	299	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Paroy-sur-Tholon	89	86 km SE	306	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hegeney	67	390 km E	437	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villevallier	89	78 km SE	416	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Quié	09	626 km S	297	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villevallier	89	78 km SE	416	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Paroy-sur-Tholon	89	86 km SE	306	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Breuchotte	70	304 km E	299	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Menoncourt	90	343 km E	391	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Hegeney	67	390 km E	437	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Quié	09	626 km S	297	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · 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 Courances'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
Paroy-sur-Tholon	89	86 km SE	306	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villevallier	89	78 km SE	416	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
L'Habit	27	95 km NW	476	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Eglingen	68	360 km E	358	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dolleren	68	338 km E	449	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Odratzheim	67	370 km E	518	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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