Limours

Essonne · CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL) · INSEE 91338

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

Partly served 52/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Limours (INSEE 91338) is in Essonne (91), part of CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL). Population 6,517 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91338-limours

Vitality score

Vitality score 52/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 46 % of the 3,669 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.54	20	10.86
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.53	10	5.31
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON RAULT · LE FOURNIL DE LIMOURS · AU SESAME DORE · MAISON CERQUEIRA). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE LOSTANLEN · BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SHIKAMARU · COCCINELLE SUPERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE LA BENERIE · HELLO CHURROS · BELLA STORIA · L'ODYSSEE RONDE · AU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE EDOUARD HERRIOT · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES CENDRIERES). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES CENDRIERES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDOUARD HERRIOT). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MICHEL VIGNAUD). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ÉRIC TURBELIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BLAZIT, MÉDECIN · AMÉLIE HARDY, MÉDECIN · CANDICE COULONNIER, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE POURQUIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LIMOURS · LA PHARMACIE DU COIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL · L ECOGYMNASE LE NAUTILUS · GYMNASE LA HALLE DES SPORTS GEORGES DORTET). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · BANQUE POPULAIRE RIVES DE PARIS · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT LYONNAIS). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (SARL MARTIN · GUROL COIFFURE · DA COSTA KARINE · OMD). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Fishmonger, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	MAISON RAULT · LE FOURNIL DE LIMOURS · AU SESAME DORE · MAISON CERQUEIRA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	CHARCUTERIE LOSTANLEN · BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SHIKAMARU · COCCINELLE SUPERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	LE RELAIS DE LA BENERIE · HELLO CHURROS · BELLA STORIA · L'ODYSSEE RONDE · AU VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE EDOUARD HERRIOT · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES CENDRIERES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES CENDRIERES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDOUARD HERRIOT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MICHEL VIGNAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	ÉRIC TURBELIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BLAZIT, MÉDECIN · AMÉLIE HARDY, MÉDECIN · CANDICE COULONNIER, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE POURQUIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE LIMOURS · LA PHARMACIE DU COIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RAYMOND QUENEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	GYMNASE MUNICIPAL · L ECOGYMNASE LE NAUTILUS · GYMNASE LA HALLE DES SPORTS GEORGES DORTET	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · BANQUE POPULAIRE RIVES DE PARIS · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT LYONNAIS	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	7	SARL MARTIN · GUROL COIFFURE · DA COSTA KARINE · OMD	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,264 peak 2017: 6,625 2023: 6,517 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,560 (2012) → 6,517 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 6,324 (1990) → 6,517 (2023): 3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,005, of which 1.7 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Limours): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Limours): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Limours): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Limours): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Limours): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 45.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the GOMETZ-LE-CHAT. weather station, 5.5 km away at 159 m; the village itself is at 135 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VILLIERS-LE-BAC, 9.7 km away at 147 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at GOMETZ-LE-CHAT., 5.5 km away at 159 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91338/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91338/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91338/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91338/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91338
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
Gueugnon	71	272 km SE	6,528	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Perray-en-Yvelines	78	17 km W	6,480	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Chevrolière	44	325 km SW	6,539	55	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Loriol-sur-Drôme	26	481 km SE	6,614	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Migennes	89	131 km SE	6,688	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bréal-sous-Montfort	35	299 km W	6,391	59.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Perray-en-Yvelines	78	17 km W	6,480	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Migennes	89	131 km SE	6,688	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gueugnon	71	272 km SE	6,528	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bréal-sous-Montfort	35	299 km W	6,391	59.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
La Chevrolière	44	325 km SW	6,539	55	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Loriol-sur-Drôme	26	481 km SE	6,614	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 95 % · 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 Limours'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
Le Perray-en-Yvelines	78	17 km W	6,480	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Étréchy	91	19 km SE	6,986	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Loudun	86	235 km SW	6,839	64.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay-Trésigny	77	58 km E	5,994	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Corbie	80	144 km N	5,982	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-en-Vexin	95	60 km N	5,779	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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