Le Val-Saint-Germain

Essonne · CC le Dourdannais en Hurepoix (CCDH) · INSEE 91630

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Val-Saint-Germain (INSEE 91630) is in Essonne (91), part of CC le Dourdannais en Hurepoix (CCDH). Population 1,576 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91630-le-val-saint-germain

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 44 % of the 11,250 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.87	10	8.74
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PATISSERIE DE REBECCA · LA BOULANGERIE DU VAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE 44). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SHOP PIZZA · LA FORGE A PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU VAL SAINT-GERMAIN). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING RURAL DES BRUYERES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA PATISSERIE DE REBECCA · LA BOULANGERIE DU VAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE 44	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	SHOP PIZZA · LA FORGE A PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA REMARDE	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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DU VAL SAINT-GERMAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CAMPING RURAL DES BRUYERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 409 2023: 1,576 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,437 (2012) → 1,576 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,147 (1990) → 1,576 (2023): 37.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 705, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.2 km NGP — 4.9 km SW 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 (Le Val-Saint-Germain): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Val-Saint-Germain): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dourdan): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Angervilliers): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Val-Saint-Germain): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the DOURDAN weather station, 6.5 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DOURDAN, 6.5 km away at 116 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 680 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHERON, 6.2 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91630/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91630/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91630/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91630/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91630
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91017
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
Robecq	62	229 km N	1,328	35	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Quilly	44	323 km W	1,565	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Richebourg	78	42 km NW	1,570	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	5.1 km E	1,543	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	379 km SE	1,562	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Rignieux-le-Franc	01	376 km SE	1,180	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	5.1 km E	1,543	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Richebourg	78	42 km NW	1,570	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Robecq	62	229 km N	1,328	35	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Quilly	44	323 km W	1,565	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Rignieux-le-Franc	01	376 km SE	1,180	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	379 km SE	1,562	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · 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 Le Val-Saint-Germain'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
Richebourg	78	42 km NW	1,570	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	5.1 km E	1,543	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Viuz-la-Chiésaz	74	431 km SE	1,351	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Roch	37	166 km SW	1,342	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Étriché	49	212 km SW	1,600	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
D'Huison-Longueville	91	23 km SE	1,557	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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