Orsay
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 61.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Orsay (INSEE 91471) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Communauté Paris-Saclay. Population 16,498 (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/91471-orsay
Vitality score
Vitality score 61.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 1,456 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 | 0.53 | 25 | 13.18 |
| Social | 0.76 | 20 | 15.15 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.65 | 10 | 6.52 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.61 | 10 | 6.11 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.65 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
12 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CHOCOLATINE · CHOCOLATERIE TARNAISE ET DISTRIBUTION · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · AU DUC D ORSAY). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (IDF ORSAY · MAISON GASDON). [3,4]
7 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PRIMORSAY · M.T. ORSAY · SUPERETTE DE LA GARE · SHIKAMARU · NETHRAA MARKET). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (FRANPRIX). [3,4]
35 × Restaurant (CODE INTERNE : 064245 · MEEM · QU YUANXING · DOLCE PIZZA). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LE GRAND CAFE · LA TERRASSE · TABAC DE LA GARE · HALL OF BEER · BRASSERIE DU MARCHE). [4]
5 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE ENGLISH TREE · ECOL MATE MAILLECOURT · ECOL MATE LE GUICHET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MONDETOUR · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE CENTRE). [3]
6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOUQA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MONDETOUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE GUICHET · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE AN CRS D'ORSAY). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE ALAIN FOURNIER · COLLEGE ALEXANDRE FLEMING · COLLEGE PRIVE D'ORSAY). [3]
12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GWENAELLE LE TINIER, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE NOUVIAN, MÉDECIN · BÉATRIX BOUCHERIE, MÉDECIN · EVELYNE AUTIN, MÉDECIN · LUCIE SELLEM, MÉDECIN). [3]
6 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'YVETTE · PHARMACIE ROULOT · PHARMACIE D ORSAY · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE · PHARMACIE DE MONDETOUR). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (ORSAY MONDETOUR AP · LA POSTE). [3]
4 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ORSAY GEORGES BRASSENS · MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ORSAY MONDÉTOUR · MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ORSAY LE GUICHET · RÉSEAU DES MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PARIS-SACLAY). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINEMA JACQUES TATI). [3]
5 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU GUICHET · LYCEE BLAISE PASCAL · GYMNASE M T EQUEYM · GYMNASE MONDETOUR · GYMNASE J C BLONDIN). [3]
7 × Bank (CCF · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · CIC · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]
19 × Hairdresser (SAS DERSAY · JP COIFFURE · CATHY · FINANCIERE ROSA · HAIR DU TEMPS). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL D'ORSAY). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 12 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 12 | LA CHOCOLATINE · CHOCOLATERIE TARNAISE ET DISTRIBUTION · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · AU DUC D ORSAY | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | IDF ORSAY · MAISON GASDON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 7 | PRIMORSAY · M.T. ORSAY · SUPERETTE DE LA GARE · SHIKAMARU · NETHRAA MARKET | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | FRANPRIX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 35 | CODE INTERNE : 064245 · MEEM · QU YUANXING · DOLCE PIZZA | INSEE BPE 35 / INSEE SIRENE 63 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LE GRAND CAFE · LA TERRASSE · TABAC DE LA GARE · HALL OF BEER · BRASSERIE DU MARCHE | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 5 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE ENGLISH TREE · ECOL MATE MAILLECOURT · ECOL MATE LE GUICHET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MONDETOUR · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE CENTRE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 6 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOUQA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MONDETOUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE GUICHET · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE AN CRS D'ORSAY | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE ALAIN FOURNIER · COLLEGE ALEXANDRE FLEMING · COLLEGE PRIVE D'ORSAY | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 12 | GWENAELLE LE TINIER, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE NOUVIAN, MÉDECIN · BÉATRIX BOUCHERIE, MÉDECIN · EVELYNE AUTIN, MÉDECIN · LUCIE SELLEM, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 12 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 6 | PHARMACIE DE L'YVETTE · PHARMACIE ROULOT · PHARMACIE D ORSAY · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE · PHARMACIE DE MONDETOUR | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | ORSAY MONDETOUR AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 4 | MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ORSAY GEORGES BRASSENS · MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ORSAY MONDÉTOUR · MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ORSAY LE GUICHET · RÉSEAU DES MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PARIS-SACLAY | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINEMA JACQUES TATI | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 5 | GYMNASE DU GUICHET · LYCEE BLAISE PASCAL · GYMNASE M T EQUEYM · GYMNASE MONDETOUR · GYMNASE J C BLONDIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 7 | CCF · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · CIC · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 19 | SAS DERSAY · JP COIFFURE · CATHY · FINANCIERE ROSA · HAIR DU TEMPS | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL D'ORSAY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 15,880 (2012) → 16,498 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 14,849 (1990) → 16,498 (2023): 11.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 8,374, of which 3.5 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Orsay): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Orsay): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Orsay): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Orsay): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Orsay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the GOMETZ-LE-CHAT. weather station, 4.5 km away at 159 m; the village itself is at 63 m. [10]
The village sits 96 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VILLIERS-LE-BAC, 6.5 km away at 147 m, over 10 summers. [10]
That station sits 84 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at GOMETZ-LE-CHAT., 4.5 km away at 159 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91471/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2021-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f49171a2-9cfd-3cc0-8c8e-e0e4c6e89a14— “Tous les dimanches, le marché de Mondétour vous propose des produits frais et de qualité.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91471/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91471/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91471/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 91471
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Clayes-sous-Bois | 78 | 20 km NW | 16,804 | 56.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle | 45 | 91 km S | 16,768 | 53.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noisiel | 77 | 37 km NE | 16,053 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Viroflay | 78 | 11 km N | 17,237 | 58.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trélazé | 49 | 242 km SW | 16,333 | 65.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | 37 | 184 km SW | 17,029 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viroflay | 78 | 11 km N | 17,237 | 58.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Clayes-sous-Bois | 78 | 20 km NW | 16,804 | 56.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noisiel | 77 | 37 km NE | 16,053 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle | 45 | 91 km S | 16,768 | 53.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | 37 | 184 km SW | 17,029 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trélazé | 49 | 242 km SW | 16,333 | 65.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · 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 Orsay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noisiel | 77 | 37 km NE | 16,053 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Viroflay | 78 | 11 km N | 17,237 | 58.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | 37 | 184 km SW | 17,029 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Pré-Saint-Gervais | 93 | 26 km NE | 16,993 | 60.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vauréal | 95 | 39 km N | 16,079 | 59 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps | 37 | 182 km SW | 15,898 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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