La Forêt-le-Roi

Essonne · CC le Dourdannais en Hurepoix (CCDH) · INSEE 91247

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Forêt-le-Roi (INSEE 91247) is in Essonne (91), part of CC le Dourdannais en Hurepoix (CCDH). Population 492 (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 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 77 % of the 17,805 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.96	10	9.56
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA SYMPA · M & J ENTREPRISE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	2	PIZZA SYMPA · M & J ENTREPRISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	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: 218 peak 2017: 524 2023: 492 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 499 (2012) → 492 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 338 (1990) → 492 (2023): 45.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 2 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NWGP — 5.1 km NFood shop — 5.2 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km N 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 (Les Granges-le-Roi): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dourdan): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dourdan): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dourdan): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Forêt-le-Roi): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 50

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOURDAN weather station, 6.4 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOURDAN, 6.4 km away at 116 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOISSY-LE-SEC, 3.4 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91247/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91247/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91247/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91247/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91284
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91247
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
Mombrier	33	427 km SW	477	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Ordizan	65	615 km S	513	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Cézert	31	526 km S	447	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 77 %
Zoteux	62	237 km N	588	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Gressey	78	51 km NW	533	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Corgengoux	21	276 km SE	389	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gressey	78	51 km NW	533	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Zoteux	62	237 km N	588	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Corgengoux	21	276 km SE	389	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mombrier	33	427 km SW	477	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Cézert	31	526 km S	447	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 77 %
Ordizan	65	615 km S	513	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %

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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 La Forêt-le-Roi'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
Gressey	78	51 km NW	533	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cléry-en-Vexin	95	74 km N	476	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Aingeray	54	293 km E	532	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mairy-Mainville	54	294 km E	551	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brétigny	60	144 km NE	435	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rivière	37	198 km SW	699	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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