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Garges-lès-Gonesse

Val-d'Oise · CA Roissy Pays de France · INSEE 95268

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

Served 72.2/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Garges-lès-Gonesse (INSEE 95268) is in Val-d'Oise (95), part of CA Roissy Pays de France. Population 41,791 (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/95268-garges-les-gonesse

Vitality score

Vitality score 72.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: low (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie); sources disagree on Restaurant; sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 48 % of the 540 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 food0.712517.67
Social0.862017.11
Education0.86108.65
Health0.73107.25
Public & culture0.1750.85
Population trend0.49104.92
Housing mix0.9954.95

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 3 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]

15 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES FRERES · ATCHI NESRINE · L EPI D OR · SARL LE PAIN DORE · SAS MALAIKA). [3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEMS · HAMZA BOUCHERIE HALAL · EL AZZOUZI). [3,4]

17 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DU PARC · FIRAT PRIMEUR · LE MARCHE YAYLA · FOODMARKET · AMAZING GRACE). [3,4]

6 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE DAMMARTIN · CARREFOUR · O' PANIER FRAIS · TANGER MARCHE GARGES). [3,4]

47 × Restaurant (MHAM SERVICES · SANDWICHERIE PIZZA EUROPE · MERINEL · L'AS SOCE · KFC). [3,4]

10 × Café / bar (LE FRANCE). [4]

11 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL. JACQUES PREVERT 1 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROBESPIERRE 1 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROBESPIERRE 2 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROMAIN ROLLAND · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGO). [3]

16 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN 2 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN 1 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLI. JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALPHONSE DAUDET). [3]

4 × Collège (COLLEGE HENRI WALLON · COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD · COLLEGE PABLO PICASSO · COLLEGE HENRI MATISSE). [3]

34 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RADIA OUMERACI, MÉDECIN · AÏCHA TAIBI, MÉDECIN · BADRA TLEMSANI, MÉDECIN · RICHARD IVANOFF, MÉDECIN · DAI-BANG NGUYEN, MÉDECIN). [3]

5 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE RASOANAIVO · SELARL PHARMACIE DES DOUCETTES · PHARMACIE ARC EN CIEL · PHARMACIE CARNOT · PHARMACIE DE LA MUETTE). [3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LE CUBE GARGES). [3]

1 × Cinema (POLE CULTUREL). [3]

7 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN JAURES · COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD · GYMNASE VICTOR HUGO · CENTRE SPORTIF ALLENDE NERUDA · GYMNASE COLETTE BESSON). [3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS GARGES · CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]

13 × Hairdresser (SARL SAML · MOSS COIFFURE · ZIZOU COIFFURE · HACER COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

3 × Hotel (NEO HOTEL · HOTEL ET RESIDENCE GARGES STALINGRAD · HOTEL ET RESIDENCE GARGES CERDAN). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Butcher (boucherie), 4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 20 × Restaurant, 6 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 4 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)15BOULANGERIE DES FRERES · ATCHI NESRINE · L EPI D OR · SARL LE PAIN DORE · SAS MALAIKAINSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)4CHEMS · HAMZA BOUCHERIE HALAL · EL AZZOUZIINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)17EPICERIE DU PARC · FIRAT PRIMEUR · LE MARCHE YAYLA · FOODMARKET · AMAZING GRACEINSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4]
Supermarket6LIDL · ALDI MARCHE DAMMARTIN · CARREFOUR · O' PANIER FRAIS · TANGER MARCHE GARGESINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant47MHAM SERVICES · SANDWICHERIE PIZZA EUROPE · MERINEL · L'AS SOCE · KFCINSEE BPE 47 / INSEE SIRENE 105 [3,4]
Café / bar10LE FRANCEINSEE SIRENE 10 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)11ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL. JACQUES PREVERT 1 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROBESPIERRE 1 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROBESPIERRE 2 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROMAIN ROLLAND · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGOINSEE BPE 11 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)16ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN 2 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN 1 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLI. JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALPHONSE DAUDETINSEE BPE 16 [3]
Collège4COLLEGE HENRI WALLON · COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD · COLLEGE PABLO PICASSO · COLLEGE HENRI MATISSEINSEE BPE 4 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)34RADIA OUMERACI, MÉDECIN · AÏCHA TAIBI, MÉDECIN · BADRA TLEMSANI, MÉDECIN · RICHARD IVANOFF, MÉDECIN · DAI-BANG NGUYEN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 34 [3]
Pharmacy5PHARMACIE RASOANAIVO · SELARL PHARMACIE DES DOUCETTES · PHARMACIE ARC EN CIEL · PHARMACIE CARNOT · PHARMACIE DE LA MUETTEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale2LA POSTEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LE CUBE GARGESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1POLE CULTURELINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall7COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN JAURES · COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD · GYMNASE VICTOR HUGO · CENTRE SPORTIF ALLENDE NERUDA · GYMNASE COLETTE BESSONINSEE BPE 7 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS GARGES · CREDIT LYONNAISINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser13SARL SAML · MOSS COIFFURE · ZIZOU COIFFURE · HACER COIFFUREINSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel3NEO HOTEL · HOTEL ET RESIDENCE GARGES STALINGRAD · HOTEL ET RESIDENCE GARGES CERDANINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday Marché du rond-point (Centre Commercial de l'Hôtel de Ville) and Marché Boucicaut (Portes de la Ville). No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 27,312 peak 2017: 42,728 2023: 41,791 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 41,001 (2012) → 41,791 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 42,144 (1990) → 41,791 (2023): -0.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 14,644, of which 0.5 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Garges-lès-Gonesse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Garges-lès-Gonesse): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Garges-lès-Gonesse): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Garges-lès-Gonesse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Garges-lès-Gonesse): 0.2 km to the north-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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LE BOURGET weather station, 2 km away at 49 m; the village itself is at 67 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at LE BOURGET, 2 km away at 49 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 629 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LE BOURGET, 2 km away at 49 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)

sources disagree on Restaurant

sources disagree on Pharmacy

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95268/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.villedegarges.fr/ma-ville/connaitre-garges/garges-en-bref— “Marché du rond-point (Centre Commercial de l'Hôtel de Ville) : mercredi et samedi Marché Boucicaut (Portes de la Ville) : jeudi et dimanche”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95268/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95268/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95268/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 95268
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Stains932.2 km SW41,38883.4Well servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Villepinte939.8 km E41,47072.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gagny9314 km SE42,31377.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Wattrelos59201 km N40,84778.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villenave-d'Ornon33518 km SW42,54576.5ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Poissy7827 km W40,98378.2ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Stains932.2 km SW41,38883.4Well servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Villepinte939.8 km E41,47072.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gagny9314 km SE42,31377.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Poissy7827 km W40,98378.2ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Wattrelos59201 km N40,84778.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villenave-d'Ornon33518 km SW42,54576.5ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Garges-lès-Gonesse'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
Villepinte939.8 km E41,47072.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gagny9314 km SE42,31377.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Wattrelos59201 km N40,84778.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mantes-la-Jolie7850 km W43,52682.8Well servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq-en-Barœul59196 km N40,18473.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Neuilly-sur-Marne9316 km SE39,80074.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %