Valpuiseaux

Essonne · CA Étampois Sud Essonne · INSEE 91629

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

Few services 29.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valpuiseaux (INSEE 91629) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Étampois Sud Essonne. Population 617 (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 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 16,933 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.38
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BARRACAO SNACK · C FRAIS MAISON). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (NATUR'M COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	LE BARRACAO SNACK · C FRAIS MAISON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	2	NATUR'M COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 256 peak 2012: 617 2023: 617 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 617 (2012) → 617 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 542 (1990) → 617 (2023): 13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 13.6 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km NWBakery — 3.4 km NWGP — 5.1 km EPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Puiselet-le-Marais): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puiselet-le-Marais): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Maisse): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Maisse): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Valpuiseaux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 54.7

Muggy days a summer 1

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURDIMANCHE weather station, 6 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at COURDIMANCHE, 6 km away at 71 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MESPUITS, 4.6 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91629/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91629/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91629/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91629/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91508
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91359
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91629
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
Parçay-sur-Vienne	37	198 km SW	616	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-Terressus	87	283 km S	593	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-Langers	50	283 km W	617	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 42 %
Massignieu-de-Rives	01	393 km SE	650	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bragny-sur-Saône	71	262 km SE	667	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Louis	57	361 km E	617	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Parçay-sur-Vienne	37	198 km SW	616	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Bragny-sur-Saône	71	262 km SE	667	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Terressus	87	283 km S	593	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-Langers	50	283 km W	617	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Louis	57	361 km E	617	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Massignieu-de-Rives	01	393 km SE	650	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · 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 Valpuiseaux'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
Cleebourg	67	415 km E	626	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Landelles	28	82 km W	628	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ceaulmont	36	215 km S	670	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Thouron	87	279 km S	563	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bacqueville	27	123 km NW	614	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-la-Rivière	91	11 km W	550	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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