Fontenay-lès-Briis

Essonne · CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL) · INSEE 91243

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

Partly served 40/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenay-lès-Briis (INSEE 91243) is in Essonne (91), part of CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL). Population 2,350 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 40/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 8,623 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	0.26	25	6.47
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BON PAIN DE BEL AIR · LES DELICES DE PUPUCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FERME DE BEL AIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGES DORTET). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (ANGELE COIFFURE · LE PAVILLON SP). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AU BON PAIN DE BEL AIR · LES DELICES DE PUPUCE	INSEE BPE 3 / 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	1	LA FERME DE BEL AIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGES DORTET	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE SERGE REGGIANI	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	ANGELE COIFFURE · LE PAVILLON SP	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 929 2023: 2,350 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,882 (2012) → 2,350 (2023): 24.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,567 (1990) → 2,350 (2023): 50 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 969, of which 2.2 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.7 km SEFood shop — 2.3 km WGP — 2.3 km WPharmacy — 2.4 km W 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 (Fontenay-lès-Briis): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Briis-sous-Forges): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Briis-sous-Forges): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Briis-sous-Forges): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fontenay-lès-Briis): 0.7 km to the south-east (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. ^[10]

Measured at the FONTENAY-LES-B. weather station, 1.1 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 12.7 km away at 78 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY-LES-B., 1.1 km away at 109 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 — 91243/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91243/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91243/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91243/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91243
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
Chuzelles	38	395 km SE	2,366	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Brécé	35	275 km W	2,232	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis	17	358 km SW	2,150	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Thurial	35	309 km W	2,184	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Villevaudé	77	50 km NE	2,132	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Volstroff	57	309 km E	2,044	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villevaudé	77	50 km NE	2,132	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brécé	35	275 km W	2,232	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Thurial	35	309 km W	2,184	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Volstroff	57	309 km E	2,044	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis	17	358 km SW	2,150	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Chuzelles	38	395 km SE	2,366	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Fontenay-lès-Briis'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
Villevaudé	77	50 km NE	2,132	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berstett	67	404 km E	2,517	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	4.8 km SW	1,543	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gidy	45	74 km S	2,084	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Gazeran	78	28 km W	1,492	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marles-en-Brie	77	54 km E	1,898	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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