Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 77.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (INSEE 91549) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Coeur d'Essonne Agglomération. Population 35,438 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 77.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 647 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 | 0.81 | 25 | 20.36 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.65 |
| Education | 0.71 | 10 | 7.13 |
| Health | 0.7 | 10 | 6.96 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.33 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.89 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
27 × Bakery (boulangerie) (REGAL SAINTE GENEVIEVE · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · PIZZA DU DONJON). [3,4]
6 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOCIETE M.A.T · BOUCHERIE J.M. MILHAU · BOUCHERIE DU LIMOUSIN). [3,4]
24 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE DE LA GARE · OUSMANE EXOTIQUE · 4 SAISONS · KIRUS · NALA EXO & COSMETIQUES). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (B&M · LIDL · CARREFOUR · CARREFOUR CITY). [3,4]
3 × Fishmonger (ETANG DE BEAULIEU - VERRIERES MAREE · POISSONS 91 · POISSONNERIE CARREIRA). [3,4]
85 × Restaurant (JUBART JOSETTE · LA PIERRADE D'OR · CUNHA RIBEIRO MAXIMINO · MANI · H2M). [3,4]
16 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR GOURMAND · LE MUSTANG CAFE · LE WEST CLUB · BIERES A L'AFFUT · LG). [4]
9 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE FREDERIC JOLIOT-CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE YOURI GAGARINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL VAILLANT COUTURIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN MACE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD). [3]
10 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HIPPOLYTE COCHERIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MACE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DENIS DIDEROT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALBERT AUBEL). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MACE · COLLEGE JULES FERRY · COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD). [3]
16 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY CASSARD, MÉDECIN · PIERRE ROGER, MÉDECIN · ALAIN SAURA, MÉDECIN · SANDRA CYBULSKI, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BENADY, MÉDECIN). [3]
6 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FROMENTIN · PHARMACIE DANG · PHARMACIE DU DONJON · SELARL PHARMACIE DU CANAL · SELARL PHARMACIE DE PARIS). [3,4]
4 × Post office / agence postale (STE GENEVIEVE DES BOIS CARREFOUR RP · SGDB LPR LE LAFAYETTE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE OLIVIER LEONHARDT · RÉSEAU COEUR D'ESSONNE AGGLOMÉRATION CA COEUR D'ESSONNE AGGLOMÉRATION). [3]
1 × Cinema (LES 4 PERRAY). [3]
5 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE HYPPOLITE COCHERIS · GYMNASE ROLLAND ROMAIN · COMPLEXE COPERNIC NICOLAS · GYMNASE MAXIME NEGRO · GYMNASE RAYMOND POULIDOR). [3]
13 × Bank (CAIXA GERAL DE DEPOSITOS · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SAINTE GENEVIEVE DES BOIS · CIC - STE GENEVIEVE DES BOIS · BANQUE POPULAIRE RIVES DE PARIS). [3]
54 × Hairdresser (FSFA · SALON DE COIFFURE OLIVEIRA RODRIGUES · SEDUC'TIF). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (GREEN HOTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 7 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Supermarket, 26 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 4 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 10 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 27 | REGAL SAINTE GENEVIEVE · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · PIZZA DU DONJON | INSEE BPE 27 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 6 | SOCIETE M.A.T · BOUCHERIE J.M. MILHAU · BOUCHERIE DU LIMOUSIN | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 24 | SUPERETTE DE LA GARE · OUSMANE EXOTIQUE · 4 SAISONS · KIRUS · NALA EXO & COSMETIQUES | INSEE BPE 24 / INSEE SIRENE 36 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | B&M · LIDL · CARREFOUR · CARREFOUR CITY | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 3 | ETANG DE BEAULIEU - VERRIERES MAREE · POISSONS 91 · POISSONNERIE CARREIRA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 85 | JUBART JOSETTE · LA PIERRADE D'OR · CUNHA RIBEIRO MAXIMINO · MANI · H2M | INSEE BPE 85 / INSEE SIRENE 161 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 16 | LE COMPTOIR GOURMAND · LE MUSTANG CAFE · LE WEST CLUB · BIERES A L'AFFUT · LG | INSEE SIRENE 16 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 9 | ECOLE MATERNELLE FREDERIC JOLIOT-CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE YOURI GAGARINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL VAILLANT COUTURIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN MACE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 10 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HIPPOLYTE COCHERIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MACE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DENIS DIDEROT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALBERT AUBEL | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE JEAN MACE · COLLEGE JULES FERRY · COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 16 | THIERRY CASSARD, MÉDECIN · PIERRE ROGER, MÉDECIN · ALAIN SAURA, MÉDECIN · SANDRA CYBULSKI, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BENADY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 16 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 6 | PHARMACIE FROMENTIN · PHARMACIE DANG · PHARMACIE DU DONJON · SELARL PHARMACIE DU CANAL · SELARL PHARMACIE DE PARIS | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 4 | STE GENEVIEVE DES BOIS CARREFOUR RP · SGDB LPR LE LAFAYETTE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIATHÈQUE OLIVIER LEONHARDT · RÉSEAU COEUR D'ESSONNE AGGLOMÉRATION CA COEUR D'ESSONNE AGGLOMÉRATION | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LES 4 PERRAY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 5 | GYMNASE HYPPOLITE COCHERIS · GYMNASE ROLLAND ROMAIN · COMPLEXE COPERNIC NICOLAS · GYMNASE MAXIME NEGRO · GYMNASE RAYMOND POULIDOR | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 13 | CAIXA GERAL DE DEPOSITOS · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SAINTE GENEVIEVE DES BOIS · CIC - STE GENEVIEVE DES BOIS · BANQUE POPULAIRE RIVES DE PARIS | INSEE BPE 13 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 54 | FSFA · SALON DE COIFFURE OLIVEIRA RODRIGUES · SEDUC'TIF | INSEE BPE 54 / INSEE SIRENE 68 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | GREEN HOTEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 35,035 (2012) → 35,438 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 31,286 (1990) → 35,438 (2023): 13.3 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 15,707, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Michel-sur-Orge): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the BRETIGNY_SAPC weather station, 4.5 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 79 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 4.5 km away at 78 m, over 15 summers. [12]
An average of 668 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at STE-GENEVIEVE, 0.7 km away at 78 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 — 91549/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/321ffac4-3761-3665-b8ec-109e5147fe29— “Marché de la Gare”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/95f72252-6988-3ac2-af96-e5019e3a208d— “Marché du Donjon”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91549/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91549/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91549/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 91549
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 91570
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtenay-Malabry | 92 | 15 km N | 35,825 | 68 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trappes | 78 | 28 km NW | 34,689 | 74.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Schiltigheim | 67 | 398 km E | 34,708 | 73.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges | 94 | 13 km NE | 36,221 | 77.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Athis-Mons | 91 | 8.7 km NE | 36,613 | 73.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Perreux-sur-Marne | 94 | 26 km NE | 35,260 | 76 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athis-Mons | 91 | 8.7 km NE | 36,613 | 73.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges | 94 | 13 km NE | 36,221 | 77.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châtenay-Malabry | 92 | 15 km N | 35,825 | 68 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Perreux-sur-Marne | 94 | 26 km NE | 35,260 | 76 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trappes | 78 | 28 km NW | 34,689 | 74.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Schiltigheim | 67 | 398 km E | 34,708 | 73.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trappes | 78 | 28 km NW | 34,689 | 74.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges | 94 | 13 km NE | 36,221 | 77.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Athis-Mons | 91 | 8.7 km NE | 36,613 | 73.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bezons | 95 | 33 km N | 36,434 | 76.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Creil | 60 | 70 km N | 36,301 | 84.2 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Conflans-Sainte-Honorine | 78 | 43 km NW | 36,958 | 77.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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