Vaugrigneuse

Identity

Vaugrigneuse (INSEE 91634) is in Essonne (91), part of CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL). Population 1,458 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91634-vaugrigneuse

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 11,843 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (TERRES DE SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (EC MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DANIEL BALAVOINE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE VAUGRIGNEUSE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'LINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,304 (2012) → 1,458 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 903 (1990) → 1,458 (2023): 61.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 620, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Briis-sous-Forges): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Briis-sous-Forges): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Briis-sous-Forges): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vaugrigneuse): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTENAY-LES-B. weather station, 3.5 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DOURDAN, 12.7 km away at 116 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY-LES-B., 3.5 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

65 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 327,600 € — 2,964 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

20 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 118,500 € — 2,981 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Essonne is 3,377 € per m², so this commune sits below 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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91634/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91634/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91634/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91634/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91568
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91111
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91634
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025