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Montlhéry

Essonne · CA Communauté Paris-Saclay · INSEE 91425

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

Served 63.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montlhéry (INSEE 91425) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Communauté Paris-Saclay. Population 9,772 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91425-montlhery

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 79 % of the 2,522 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 food0.52512.5
Social0.762015.27
Education0.53105.28
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 2 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE LA TOUR · LA MARGOTINE · N&L PATISSERIE · MAISON MARAOUCH). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ARJMUS · US SHOP). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS · DAV-DISTRI02). [3,4]

31 × Restaurant (SAS ELCE · OUNDJIAN HAGOP · ESLS · M.B.M. ENTREPRISE). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA CHAUMIERRE). [4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU PARC MIRABLON · ECOLE MATERNELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINE). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PARC MIRABLON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL FORT). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VADIME FOURNIER, MÉDECIN · GREGOR OUROUSSOFF, MÉDECIN · ABD EL OUAHEB MESSAOUDENE, MÉDECIN · NOUREDINE DEKIMECHE, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE DE · PHARMACIE DE LA TOUR). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF MAURICE PICARD · GYMNASE MIRABLON). [3]

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

19 × Hairdresser (ADI · SARL ONE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (IBIS MONTLHÉRY PARIS SUD). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Collège, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 3 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)5AU FOURNIL DE LA TOUR · LA MARGOTINE · N&L PATISSERIE · MAISON MARAOUCHINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2ARJMUS · US SHOPINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket2CARREFOUR EXPRESS · DAV-DISTRI02INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant31SAS ELCE · OUNDJIAN HAGOP · ESLS · M.B.M. ENTREPRISEINSEE BPE 31 / INSEE SIRENE 45 [3,4]
Café / bar3LA CHAUMIERREINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)3ECOLE MATERNELLE DU PARC MIRABLON · ECOLE MATERNELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PARC MIRABLON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEURINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE PAUL FORTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4VADIME FOURNIER, MÉDECIN · GREGOR OUROUSSOFF, MÉDECIN · ABD EL OUAHEB MESSAOUDENE, MÉDECIN · NOUREDINE DEKIMECHE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE CENTRALE DE · PHARMACIE DE LA TOURINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2COMPLEXE SPORTIF MAURICE PICARD · GYMNASE MIRABLONINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank5CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · BANQUE POPULAIRE RIVES DE PARIS · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT LYONNAISINSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser19ADI · SARL ONEINSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1IBIS MONTLHÉRY PARIS SUDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Monday, Saturday. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,283 2023: 9,772 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,201 (2012) → 9,772 (2023): 35.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 5,195 (1990) → 9,772 (2023): 88.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,578, of which 1.8 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Montlhéry): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Montlhéry): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Montlhéry): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Montlhéry): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Montlhéry): 0.2 km to the north (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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BRETIGNY_SAPC weather station, 5.8 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 100 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 5.8 km away at 78 m, over 15 summers. [10]

An average of 668 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at STE-GENEVIEVE, 4.1 km away at 78 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91425/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2021-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a9cf9835-7a02-39ba-afbb-9c5e852d68fa— “Tous les lundis et samedis, profitez du marché de Montlhéry pour faire le plein de produits frais !”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91425/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91425/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91425/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91425
  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
Vernouillet7843 km NW9,69957.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou49243 km SW9,72062.7ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Bures-sur-Yvette9110 km NW9,54855.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Max54289 km E9,91360ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Ézanville9545 km N9,85861.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Crosne9116 km NE9,61057.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bures-sur-Yvette9110 km NW9,54855.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Crosne9116 km NE9,61057.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vernouillet7843 km NW9,69957.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ézanville9545 km N9,85861.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou49243 km SW9,72062.7ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Max54289 km E9,91360ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Montlhéry'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
Bures-sur-Yvette9110 km NW9,54855.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ézanville9545 km N9,85861.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Crosne9116 km NE9,61057.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Darnétal76121 km NW9,56667.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-en-Gohelle62205 km N9,74352Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrelaye9544 km N10,13054.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %