Plessis-Saint-Benoist

Essonne · CA Étampois Sud Essonne · INSEE 91495

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

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plessis-Saint-Benoist (INSEE 91495) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Étampois Sud Essonne. Population 325 (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 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,997 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.55
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ECOLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 167 peak 2017: 330 2023: 325 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 309 (2012) → 325 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 259 (1990) → 325 (2023): 25.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 138, of which 2.9 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km WBakery — 4.9 km SEPharmacy — 6.8 km NWGP — 7.3 km NW 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 (Chalo-Saint-Mars): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Authon-la-Plaine): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corbreuse): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Corbreuse): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Plessis-Saint-Benoist): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the DOURDAN weather station, 9.2 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DOURDAN, 9.2 km away at 116 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 655 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATIGNONVILLE, 6 km away at 157 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91495/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91495/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91495/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91495/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91035
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91495
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
Colombier-le-Cardinal	07	410 km SE	327	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Poids-de-Fiole	39	341 km SE	323	21	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Romelfing	57	371 km E	328	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Rémeling	57	344 km E	329	21.5	Few services	no figures
Cuvergnon	60	108 km NE	323	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bérengeville-la-Campagne	27	102 km NW	331	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bérengeville-la-Campagne	27	102 km NW	331	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cuvergnon	60	108 km NE	323	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Poids-de-Fiole	39	341 km SE	323	21	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Rémeling	57	344 km E	329	21.5	Few services	no figures
Romelfing	57	371 km E	328	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier-le-Cardinal	07	410 km SE	327	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Plessis-Saint-Benoist'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
Cuvergnon	60	108 km NE	323	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bérengeville-la-Campagne	27	102 km NW	331	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Candor	60	147 km NE	321	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Quinquempoix	60	127 km N	320	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Presles-et-Boves	02	155 km NE	320	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berling	57	387 km E	313	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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