Saint-Vrain

Essonne · CC du Val d'Essonne (CCVE) · INSEE 91579

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Vrain (INSEE 91579) is in Essonne (91), part of CC du Val d'Essonne (CCVE). Population 3,089 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/91579-saint-vrain

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 6,957 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	0.07	25	1.84
Social	0.46	20	9.21
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.84	10	8.39
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DROUAULT ET CIE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA GRENOUILLE · LE DOYENNE SAS · SNA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE SILVER BEACH). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DANIEL GALLAND). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DANIEL GALLAND). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE CATHELIN, MÉDECIN · THIERRY WALME, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MORISSEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT VRAIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE GEORGES BRASSENS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE CHARLES VEZARD). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (USSEL VALERIE COIFFURE · LS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DROUAULT ET CIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LA GRENOUILLE · LE DOYENNE SAS · SNA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE SILVER BEACH	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DANIEL GALLAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DANIEL GALLAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	SYLVIE CATHELIN, MÉDECIN · THIERRY WALME, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MORISSEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT VRAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE GEORGES BRASSENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE CHARLES VEZARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	USSEL VALERIE COIFFURE · LS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday dimanche matin place de l'Eglise. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,473 2023: 3,089 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,921 (2012) → 3,089 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,307 (1990) → 3,089 (2023): 33.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,424, of which 2.1 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.4 km E 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 (Saint-Vrain): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vert-le-Petit): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Vrain): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vrain): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Vrain): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 42

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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. ^[11]

Measured at the BRETIGNY_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 78 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 640 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 78 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

134 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 320,612 € — 3,294 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

68 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 150,250 € — 3,105 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Essonne is 3,377 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91579/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.saint-vrain91.fr/fr/rb/2275509/marche-hebdomadaire-21— “Chaque dimanche matin, venez découvrir les étals alimentaires et non-alimentaires présents sur le marché, place de l'Eglise”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91579/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91579/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91579/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91579
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91649
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Solaize	69	374 km SE	3,144	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Bréviandes	10	134 km E	3,219	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Drocourt	62	210 km N	2,939	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Grande-Paroisse	77	45 km E	2,893	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Houppeville	76	141 km NW	2,814	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Orliénas	69	368 km SE	2,675	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Grande-Paroisse	77	45 km E	2,893	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bréviandes	10	134 km E	3,219	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Houppeville	76	141 km NW	2,814	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Drocourt	62	210 km N	2,939	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Orliénas	69	368 km SE	2,675	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Solaize	69	374 km SE	3,144	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Saint-Vrain'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
Drocourt	62	210 km N	2,939	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Grande-Paroisse	77	45 km E	2,893	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Houppeville	76	141 km NW	2,814	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche	89	121 km SE	3,151	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Boran-sur-Oise	60	70 km N	2,135	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rochecorbon	37	172 km SW	3,219	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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