La Ville-du-Bois
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Ville-du-Bois (INSEE 91665) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Communauté Paris-Saclay. Population 8,161 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91665-la-ville-du-bois
Vitality score
Vitality score 64.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 2,971 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 | 0.62 | 25 | 15.61 |
| Social | 0.69 | 20 | 13.89 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE 3 COMMUNES · P.S CHOCOLATERIE · LA PAINTISSERIE · BOULANGERIE ANGE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE LE GRASSE). [3,4]
7 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AZAHAF AICHA · AUX MERVEILLES DU SOLEIL · VALMONT · MES PANIERS BIO · LE PRIMEUR BIO). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · WAOW MARKET). [3,4]
22 × Restaurant (RN 20 RESTAURATION · XAY MACA · BIO SNACK). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES RENONDAINES). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE AMBROISE PARE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BARTELOTTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE BRAY, MÉDECIN · ALI OKBA, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE DES NEFLIERS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CONSTANTIN ANDRÉOU). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (L ESCALE LEON FROISSANT · INSTITUTION DU SACRE COEUR · GYMNASE DES BARTELOTTES · PETIT GYMNASE). [3]
12 × Hairdresser (STYL COUPES · CRISTINA COIFFURE · JEAN LOUIS DAVID). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE 3 COMMUNES · P.S CHOCOLATERIE · LA PAINTISSERIE · BOULANGERIE ANGE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHARCUTERIE LE GRASSE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 7 | AZAHAF AICHA · AUX MERVEILLES DU SOLEIL · VALMONT · MES PANIERS BIO · LE PRIMEUR BIO | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · WAOW MARKET | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 22 | RN 20 RESTAURATION · XAY MACA · BIO SNACK | INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 31 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES RENONDAINES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE AMBROISE PARE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BARTELOTTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | SOPHIE BRAY, MÉDECIN · ALI OKBA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE DES NEFLIERS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CONSTANTIN ANDRÉOU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | L ESCALE LEON FROISSANT · INSTITUTION DU SACRE COEUR · GYMNASE DES BARTELOTTES · PETIT GYMNASE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 12 | STYL COUPES · CRISTINA COIFFURE · JEAN LOUIS DAVID | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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
Population 7,187 (2012) → 8,161 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 5,404 (1990) → 8,161 (2023): 51 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,469, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Ville-du-Bois): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Ville-du-Bois): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (La Ville-du-Bois): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Ville-du-Bois): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Ville-du-Bois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
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. [9]
Measured at the BRETIGNY_SAPC weather station, 7.9 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 97 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 7.9 km away at 78 m, over 15 summers. [9]
An average of 690 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at EPINAY-SUR-ORGE, 3.4 km away at 51 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
329 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 349,000 € — 3,532 € per m² of built surface. [10]
75 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 154,000 € — 3,486 € per m². [10]
The median across Essonne is 3,377 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [10]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91665/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91665/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91665/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91665/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 91665
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paray-Vieille-Poste | 91 | 9.0 km NE | 8,202 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seyssins | 38 | 468 km SE | 8,092 | 59.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louveciennes | 78 | 25 km NW | 7,990 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaujours | 93 | 37 km NE | 8,007 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Harfleur | 76 | 178 km NW | 8,289 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trégueux | 22 | 369 km W | 8,450 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paray-Vieille-Poste | 91 | 9.0 km NE | 8,202 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Louveciennes | 78 | 25 km NW | 7,990 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaujours | 93 | 37 km NE | 8,007 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Harfleur | 76 | 178 km NW | 8,289 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trégueux | 22 | 369 km W | 8,450 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seyssins | 38 | 468 km SE | 8,092 | 59.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 81 % · 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 La Ville-du-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paray-Vieille-Poste | 91 | 9.0 km NE | 8,202 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Louveciennes | 78 | 25 km NW | 7,990 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaujours | 93 | 37 km NE | 8,007 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Billy-Montigny | 62 | 201 km N | 7,937 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Groslay | 95 | 37 km N | 8,453 | 68.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marcoussis | 91 | 3.4 km SW | 8,618 | 60.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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