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Guillerval

Essonne · CA Étampois Sud Essonne · INSEE 91294

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guillerval (INSEE 91294) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Étampois Sud Essonne. Population 808 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91294-guillerval

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 15,588 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.68106.78
Housing mix0.9154.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE MONDESIR). [3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ORME). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE RELAIS DE MONDESIRINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ORMEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 420 peak 2017: 819 2023: 808 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 796 (2012) → 808 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 686 (1990) → 808 (2023): 17.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 373, of which 4.6 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.9 km E (Saclas)Bakery — 2.0 km E (Saclas)Pharmacy — 2.2 km E (Saclas)GP — 2.3 km E (Saclas)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km EBakery — 2.0 km EPharmacy — 2.2 km EGP — 2.3 km E 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 (Saclas): 2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saclas): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saclas): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saclas): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Guillerval): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 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, 5.3 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 101 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at DOURDAN, 19.6 km away at 116 m, over 20 summers. [10]

An average of 677 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MEREVILLE, 5.3 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91294/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91294/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91294/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91294/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91533
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91294
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Henridorff57379 km E70635.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Curienne73430 km SE70434.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Mésigny74396 km SE80435.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice73421 km SE82132.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Prunay-en-Yvelines7829 km NW80828.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bougue40533 km S83333.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Prunay-en-Yvelines7829 km NW80828.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Henridorff57379 km E70635.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mésigny74396 km SE80435.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice73421 km SE82132.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Curienne73430 km SE70434.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Bougue40533 km S83333.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Guillerval'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Prunay-en-Yvelines7829 km NW80828.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-le-Châtel01325 km SE79633.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde38398 km SE75934Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Moroges71264 km SE59930.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chalmaison7786 km E74926Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois2863 km W89732.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %