Fontaine-la-Rivière
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fontaine-la-Rivière (INSEE 91240) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Étampois Sud Essonne. Population 192 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 37 % of the 15,741 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.84 | 10 | 8.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.8 | 5 | 4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 223 (2012) → 192 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 143 (1990) → 192 (2023): 34.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 100, of which 10 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saclas): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saclas): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saclas): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saclas): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Boissy-la-Rivière): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MEREVILLE weather station, 7 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 83 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BOIGNEVILLE, 17.1 km away at 115 m, over 21 summers. [10]
An average of 676 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ORMOY-LA-RIV., 5.1 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
12 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 304,500 € — 1,781 € per m² of built surface. [11]
6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 149,500 € — 2,326 € per m². [11]
The median across Essonne is 3,377 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91240/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91240/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91240/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91240/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 91533
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 91079
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coucy-la-Ville | 02 | 156 km NE | 194 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villafans | 70 | 333 km E | 195 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cultures | 48 | 440 km S | 189 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Drosnay | 51 | 183 km E | 194 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marquivillers | 80 | 152 km N | 189 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Limé | 02 | 148 km NE | 192 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limé | 02 | 148 km NE | 192 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marquivillers | 80 | 152 km N | 189 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coucy-la-Ville | 02 | 156 km NE | 194 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Drosnay | 51 | 183 km E | 194 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villafans | 70 | 333 km E | 195 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cultures | 48 | 440 km S | 189 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Fontaine-la-Rivière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultures | 48 | 440 km S | 189 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Drosnay | 51 | 183 km E | 194 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pothières | 21 | 182 km E | 189 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montureux-et-Prantigny | 70 | 276 km E | 189 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Seuil | 08 | 209 km NE | 185 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brandonvillers | 51 | 179 km E | 191 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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