Cachan

Val-de-Marne · Métropole du Grand Paris · INSEE 94016

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

Served 64.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cachan (INSEE 94016) is in Val-de-Marne (94), part of Métropole du Grand Paris. Population 31,103 (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 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/94016-cachan

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 733 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	0.52	25	13.1
Social	0.76	20	15.27
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.73	10	7.32
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.56
Population trend	0.78	10	7.82
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICES DE PAIN · LES DELICES DE CACHAN · SOCIETE C.CAQUELIN · MAISON DU PAIN · AUX CAPRICES DE CACHAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE N20 · MAISON BERTACCO). ^[3,4]

9 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TTVE · BIOMONDE CACHAN · FRANC-MARC GLOBAL · CACHAN EXOTIQUE · ILLICO). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (FRANPRIX · ACADIS · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

65 × Restaurant (ASSOCIATION SOCIO-CULTURELLE · VAL DI COMINO · LE PALAIS DE CACHAN · TIZIRI · H ET A). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (CAFE TABAC DE LA MAIRIE · LA RESIDENCE · LA RESERVE DE FRED). ^[4]

6 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CARNOT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB PONT ROYAL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU COTEAU · ECOL MATE GROUPE PAUL DOUMER). ^[3]

6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CARNOT · EC ELEMENTAIRE PUB BELLE IMAGE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA PLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB COTEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PAUL DOUMER). ^[3]

3 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL BERT · COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

17 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENOIT GAUTIER, MÉDECIN · PATRICK MACHIN, MÉDECIN · SIBYLLE JAMMAL, MÉDECIN · PIERRE CHEVROT, MÉDECIN · TAN-DUNG VU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

7 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES LUMIERES · PHARMACIE MINIER GHAVI HELM · PHARMACIE DES ARCADES · PHARMACIE TCHAPARIAN · SELEURL PHARMACIE KEOU WANDE SANDRINE). ^[3,4]

3 × Post office / agence postale (CACHAN LPR RAVI PRESSING RP · CACHAN LPR CARREFOUR MARKET RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

3 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE LA PLAINE · MEDIATHEQUE TONI MORRISON · BBLIOTHEQUE LAMARTINE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LA PLEIADE). ^[3]

5 × Gym / sports hall (ESTP · GYMNASE VICTOR HUGO · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL ROBERT KELLER · ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE CACHAN · GYMNASE LA PLAINE). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · BANQUE POPULAIRE RIVES DE PARIS · SOCIETE GENERALE · CACHAN A BRIAND · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

17 × Hairdresser (SOGESCOIF GOUJON · RAPHAEL · ELEGANCE COIFFURE · MEDITERRANNEE COIFFURE · STYLE B). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL BELLEVUE · HOTEL DES ARCADES DE CACHAN ET RESTO LA PLEIADE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 23 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 4 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	9	DELICES DE PAIN · LES DELICES DE CACHAN · SOCIETE C.CAQUELIN · MAISON DU PAIN · AUX CAPRICES DE CACHAN	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE N20 · MAISON BERTACCO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	9	TTVE · BIOMONDE CACHAN · FRANC-MARC GLOBAL · CACHAN EXOTIQUE · ILLICO	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	FRANPRIX · ACADIS · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	65	ASSOCIATION SOCIO-CULTURELLE · VAL DI COMINO · LE PALAIS DE CACHAN · TIZIRI · H ET A	INSEE BPE 65 / INSEE SIRENE 118 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	CAFE TABAC DE LA MAIRIE · LA RESIDENCE · LA RESERVE DE FRED	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	6	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CARNOT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB PONT ROYAL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU COTEAU · ECOL MATE GROUPE PAUL DOUMER	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	6	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CARNOT · EC ELEMENTAIRE PUB BELLE IMAGE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA PLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB COTEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PAUL DOUMER	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Collège	3	COLLEGE PAUL BERT · COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	17	BENOIT GAUTIER, MÉDECIN · PATRICK MACHIN, MÉDECIN · SIBYLLE JAMMAL, MÉDECIN · PIERRE CHEVROT, MÉDECIN · TAN-DUNG VU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 17 [3]
Pharmacy	7	PHARMACIE DES LUMIERES · PHARMACIE MINIER GHAVI HELM · PHARMACIE DES ARCADES · PHARMACIE TCHAPARIAN · SELEURL PHARMACIE KEOU WANDE SANDRINE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	3	CACHAN LPR RAVI PRESSING RP · CACHAN LPR CARREFOUR MARKET RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Library	3	BIBLIOTHEQUE LA PLAINE · MEDIATHEQUE TONI MORRISON · BBLIOTHEQUE LAMARTINE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Cinema	1	LA PLEIADE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	5	ESTP · GYMNASE VICTOR HUGO · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL ROBERT KELLER · ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE CACHAN · GYMNASE LA PLAINE	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · BANQUE POPULAIRE RIVES DE PARIS · SOCIETE GENERALE · CACHAN A BRIAND · BNP PARIBAS	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	17	SOGESCOIF GOUJON · RAPHAEL · ELEGANCE COIFFURE · MEDITERRANNEE COIFFURE · STYLE B	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL BELLEVUE · HOTEL DES ARCADES DE CACHAN ET RESTO LA PLEIADE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 26,187 2023: 31,103 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 28,365 (2012) → 31,103 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 24,266 (1990) → 31,103 (2023): 28.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 15,178, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Cachan): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Cachan): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cachan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cachan): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 27.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLEJUIF weather station, 1.7 km away at 106 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[10]

The village sits 58 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-MAUR, 11.7 km away at 48 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 667 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLEJUIF, 1.7 km away at 106 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 — 94016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2016-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/aa115e1c-3281-3002-adab-ab45c7fa4bbd— “Marché de Cachan”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 94016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 94016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 94016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 94016
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
L'Haÿ-les-Roses	94	1.7 km S	31,188	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viry-Châtillon	91	14 km S	30,838	73.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vigneux-sur-Seine	91	12 km SE	31,466	73.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ris-Orangis	91	17 km S	31,189	71.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plaisir	78	29 km W	31,811	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chatou	78	17 km NW	30,598	65.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
L'Haÿ-les-Roses	94	1.7 km S	31,188	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vigneux-sur-Seine	91	12 km SE	31,466	73.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Viry-Châtillon	91	14 km S	30,838	73.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chatou	78	17 km NW	30,598	65.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Ris-Orangis	91	17 km S	31,189	71.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plaisir	78	29 km W	31,811	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Cachan'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
L'Haÿ-les-Roses	94	1.7 km S	31,188	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viry-Châtillon	91	14 km S	30,838	73.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vigneux-sur-Seine	91	12 km SE	31,466	73.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ris-Orangis	91	17 km S	31,189	71.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pontoise	95	33 km NW	31,970	77.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Draveil	91	14 km SE	30,098	68.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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