Villiers-le-Bâcle

Essonne · CA Communauté Paris-Saclay · INSEE 91679

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villiers-le-Bâcle (INSEE 91679) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Communauté Paris-Saclay. Population 1,031 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 14,108 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.58	10	5.82
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RAPIDE MARKET). ^[4,3]

3 × Restaurant (LA PETITE FORGE · CROUSTI PIZZA · TOC TOQUE TOC). ^[4,3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CENTRE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CENTRE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VILLIERS-LE-BÂCLE LA TÊTE RONDE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (ISABELLE COIFFURE). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	RAPIDE MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	LA PETITE FORGE · CROUSTI PIZZA · TOC TOQUE TOC	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VILLIERS-LE-BÂCLE LA TÊTE RONDE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	ISABELLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 256 peak 2012: 1,245 2023: 1,031 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,245 (2012) → 1,031 (2023): -17.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 953 (1990) → 1,031 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 526, of which 3.4 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km SWGP — 1.8 km SWPharmacy — 1.8 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 (Magny-les-Hameaux): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villiers-le-Bâcle): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Magny-les-Hameaux): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Magny-les-Hameaux): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villiers-le-Bâcle): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.8

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLIERS-LE-BAC weather station, 1.2 km away at 147 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VILLIERS-LE-BAC, 1.2 km away at 147 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 616 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-LE-BAC, 1.2 km away at 147 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91679/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91679/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91679/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91679/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78356
INSEE BPE 2025 — 91679
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
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay	14	186 km W	1,118	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Anthon	38	399 km SE	1,154	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Leudeville	91	23 km SE	1,562	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	380 km SE	1,247	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Saturargues	34	577 km S	1,022	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %
Ancône	26	502 km SE	1,338	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Leudeville	91	23 km SE	1,562	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay	14	186 km W	1,118	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	380 km SE	1,247	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Anthon	38	399 km SE	1,154	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Ancône	26	502 km SE	1,338	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Saturargues	34	577 km S	1,022	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Villiers-le-Bâcle'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
Norroy-le-Veneur	57	295 km E	993	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello	60	63 km N	984	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Ageux	60	75 km NE	1,153	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Angicourt	60	71 km NE	1,345	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Voisenon	77	43 km SE	1,170	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvillers	14	144 km W	1,283	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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