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Villiers-sur-Orge

Essonne · CA Coeur d'Essonne Agglomération · INSEE 91685

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villiers-sur-Orge (INSEE 91685) is in Essonne (91), part of CA Coeur d'Essonne Agglomération. Population 4,545 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/91685-villiers-sur-orge

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 5,048 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.15253.69
Social0.22204.42
Education0.22102.21
Health0.43104.27
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.73107.27
Housing mix0.9954.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN DE SUCRE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SY DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ANTIDOTE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHIQUITO). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB PIERRE BROSSOLETTE). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE MALRAUX). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHÈLE SAREZINSKI, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE ROBERT, MÉDECIN · BRIGITTE DAUTEL, MÉDECIN · JADE SAAB, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (NOUVELLE PHARMACIE DU SQUARE). [3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE JACQUES PRÉVERT VILLIERS-SUR-ORGE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MARC SENE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (VILLIERS COIFFURE · ARNAUD COIFFURE DOMICILE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BEAU VILLAGE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Post office / agence postale. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AU PAIN DE SUCREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1SY DISTRIBUTIONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1L'ANTIDOTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE CHIQUITOINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB PIERRE BROSSOLETTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE MALRAUXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4MICHÈLE SAREZINSKI, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE ROBERT, MÉDECIN · BRIGITTE DAUTEL, MÉDECIN · JADE SAAB, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy1NOUVELLE PHARMACIE DU SQUAREINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE JACQUES PRÉVERT VILLIERS-SUR-ORGEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE MARC SENEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3VILLIERS COIFFURE · ARNAUD COIFFURE DOMICILEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite1CAMPING LE BEAU VILLAGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,012 peak 2017: 4,548 2023: 4,545 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,911 (2012) → 4,545 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 3,704 (1990) → 4,545 (2023): 22.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,934, of which 0.7 % second homes and 0.2 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.9 km S (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.9 km S 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 (Villiers-sur-Orge): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Villiers-sur-Orge): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Villiers-sur-Orge): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Villiers-sur-Orge): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BRETIGNY_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 64 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BRETIGNY_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 78 m, over 15 summers. [11]

An average of 690 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at EPINAY-SUR-ORGE, 1.4 km away at 51 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91685/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f54d7daf-bf97-354d-a1ff-d97b832161ac— “Marché de Villiers-sur-Orge”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91685/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91685/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 91685/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91685
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 91549
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Norville918.4 km S4,26838.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Maurecourt7842 km NW4,45443.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saintry-sur-Seine9116 km SE5,88239.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nozay914.2 km W4,47146.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Frépillon9544 km N3,31736.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Guesnain59198 km N4,63541Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nozay914.2 km W4,47146.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
La Norville918.4 km S4,26838.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saintry-sur-Seine9116 km SE5,88239.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Maurecourt7842 km NW4,45443.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Frépillon9544 km N3,31736.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Guesnain59198 km N4,63541Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %

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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-sur-Orge'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Norville918.4 km S4,26838.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Maurecourt7842 km NW4,45443.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saintry-sur-Seine9116 km SE5,88239.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Leuville-sur-Orge915.3 km SW4,27139Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie76120 km NW3,26541.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ballainvilliers912.2 km N4,90452Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %