Pontoise

Val-d'Oise · CA de Cergy-Pontoise · INSEE 95500

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

Served 77.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontoise (INSEE 95500) is in Val-d'Oise (95), part of CA de Cergy-Pontoise. Population 31,970 (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/95500-pontoise

Vitality score

Vitality score 77.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 714 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	0.72	25	18.06
Social	0.95	20	19.07
Education	0.83	10	8.26
Health	0.72	10	7.17
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.68	10	6.77
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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]

20 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MARQUIS D'AMBRE · LA MARQUISE DES DELICES · LES DELICES DE LA GARE · LA POUZOLAISE). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE NOTRE DAME · B.M.P · BOUCHERIE NORMANDE). ^[3,4]

22 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CASINO SHOP · AU PETIT MARCHE · T.K.V · CITY MARKET · PONTOISE EXOTIQUE). ^[3,4]

5 × Supermarket (LIDL · FRANPRIX · SOGIPONTOISE · SODIOS EXPLOITATION · SUPER PRIMEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

100 × Restaurant (LA TERRAZZA · GO RESTAURATION · SAN MARCO · LA BONNE ENTENTE). ^[3,4]

19 × Café / bar (HERMITAGE BAR · LA BRASSERIE DU JARDIN · LE MARIGNY · LE CELTIQUE · LA CUENTA). ^[4]

7 × Nursery school (maternelle) (EC MATERNELLE PUBLIQ PARC AUX CHARRETTES · ECOL MATE LES CORDELIERS · ECOLE MATERNELLE EUGENE DUCHER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE L'HERMITAGE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

14 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JAMONDEYRA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ZEBR'AILES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PARC AUX CHARETTES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL CEZANNE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE L'HERMITAGE). ^[3]

6 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE VAUBAN · COLLEGE JEAN-CLAUDE CHABANNE · COLLEGE SIMONE VEIL · COLLEGE NICOLAS FLAMEL · COLLEGE PRIVE INST N D DE LA COMPASSION). ^[3]

19 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHAKIB BENYAMINA, MÉDECIN · CHI TAM VUONG, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BROSSE, MÉDECIN · ILHEM AGARBI-MAZOUZ, MÉDECIN · AZZEDINE OUZAID, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

6 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VANDANEIGEN BARATHE · PHARMACIE CHARBONNIER OLAGNON · SELARL PHARMACIE 57 · PHARMACIE KENNEDY · PHARMACIE BONNET). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (PONTOISE SUPER PRIMEURS LPR RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

4 × Library (95 - BIBLIOTHEQUE DEPARTEMENTALE DU VAL D'OISE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES LOUVRAIS · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARCOUVILLE · MÉDIATHÈQUE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (ROYAL UTOPIA). ^[3]

7 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES MARADAS · GYMNASE CHABANNE · GYMNASE MARIE LAURENCIN · GYMNASE DES MARADAS · COLLEGE LYCEE SAINT MARTIN DE FRANCE). ^[3]

12 × Bank (CAIXA GERAL DE DEPOSITOS · CCF · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · ATTIJARIWAFA BANK EUROPE · AY PONTOISE). ^[3]

26 × Hairdresser (STUDIO MJP · C G PONTOISE · RIAD COIFFURE · L'ESTHETIQUE CAPILLAIRE 95). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE CAMPANILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 7 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger, 35 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 11 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	20	LE MARQUIS D'AMBRE · LA MARQUISE DES DELICES · LES DELICES DE LA GARE · LA POUZOLAISE	INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	BOUCHERIE NOTRE DAME · B.M.P · BOUCHERIE NORMANDE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	22	CASINO SHOP · AU PETIT MARCHE · T.K.V · CITY MARKET · PONTOISE EXOTIQUE	INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 43 [3,4]
Supermarket	5	LIDL · FRANPRIX · SOGIPONTOISE · SODIOS EXPLOITATION · SUPER PRIMEURS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	100	LA TERRAZZA · GO RESTAURATION · SAN MARCO · LA BONNE ENTENTE	INSEE BPE 100 / INSEE SIRENE 175 [3,4]
Café / bar	19	HERMITAGE BAR · LA BRASSERIE DU JARDIN · LE MARIGNY · LE CELTIQUE · LA CUENTA	INSEE SIRENE 19 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	7	EC MATERNELLE PUBLIQ PARC AUX CHARRETTES · ECOL MATE LES CORDELIERS · ECOLE MATERNELLE EUGENE DUCHER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE L'HERMITAGE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	14	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JAMONDEYRA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ZEBR'AILES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PARC AUX CHARETTES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL CEZANNE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE L'HERMITAGE	INSEE BPE 14 [3]
Collège	6	COLLEGE PRIVE VAUBAN · COLLEGE JEAN-CLAUDE CHABANNE · COLLEGE SIMONE VEIL · COLLEGE NICOLAS FLAMEL · COLLEGE PRIVE INST N D DE LA COMPASSION	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	19	CHAKIB BENYAMINA, MÉDECIN · CHI TAM VUONG, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BROSSE, MÉDECIN · ILHEM AGARBI-MAZOUZ, MÉDECIN · AZZEDINE OUZAID, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 19 [3]
Pharmacy	6	PHARMACIE VANDANEIGEN BARATHE · PHARMACIE CHARBONNIER OLAGNON · SELARL PHARMACIE 57 · PHARMACIE KENNEDY · PHARMACIE BONNET	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	PONTOISE SUPER PRIMEURS LPR RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	4	95 - BIBLIOTHEQUE DEPARTEMENTALE DU VAL D'OISE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES LOUVRAIS · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARCOUVILLE · MÉDIATHÈQUE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Cinema	1	ROYAL UTOPIA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	7	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES MARADAS · GYMNASE CHABANNE · GYMNASE MARIE LAURENCIN · GYMNASE DES MARADAS · COLLEGE LYCEE SAINT MARTIN DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	12	CAIXA GERAL DE DEPOSITOS · CCF · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE ILE-DE-FRANCE · ATTIJARIWAFA BANK EUROPE · AY PONTOISE	INSEE BPE 12 [3]
Hairdresser	26	STUDIO MJP · C G PONTOISE · RIAD COIFFURE · L'ESTHETIQUE CAPILLAIRE 95	INSEE BPE 26 / INSEE SIRENE 43 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE CAMPANILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5,6,7,8]

Trajectory

1968: 16,827 2023: 31,970 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 30,164 (2012) → 31,970 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[9,1]

Population 27,166 (1990) → 31,970 (2023): 17.7 % over 30 years. ^[10,1]

Dwellings (2023): 15,680, of which 2.2 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[11]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 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 (Pontoise): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Food shop (Pontoise): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

GP (Pontoise): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Pharmacy (Pontoise): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Pontoise): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the PONTOISE -VILLE weather station, 1.4 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at HERBLAY, 6.8 km away at 75 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

An average of 666 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PONTOISE -VILLE, 1.4 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95500/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/bc6a02a6-8740-3fe8-a3e1-51afa615f2f2— “Le marché de la Gare”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d2fcba10-6926-366a-8dd0-630d039d2c54— “Le marché du centre-ville de Pontoise”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2024-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b519bcef-05bb-3450-a353-97dbf5af8bea— “Le marché des Cordeliers”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2024-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/43226f30-39ff-32f7-90ac-7dfa4817315d— “Le marché des Louvrais”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95500/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95500/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95500/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 95500
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
Bègles	33	513 km SW	31,831	76.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Montigny-le-Bretonneux	78	32 km S	32,465	71.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plaisir	78	28 km SW	31,811	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Thiais	94	38 km SE	32,918	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
L'Haÿ-les-Roses	94	35 km SE	31,188	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vigneux-sur-Seine	91	45 km SE	31,466	73.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plaisir	78	28 km SW	31,811	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-le-Bretonneux	78	32 km S	32,465	71.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
L'Haÿ-les-Roses	94	35 km SE	31,188	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Thiais	94	38 km SE	32,918	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vigneux-sur-Seine	91	45 km SE	31,466	73.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bègles	33	513 km SW	31,831	76.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Pontoise'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
Thiais	94	38 km SE	32,918	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
L'Haÿ-les-Roses	94	35 km SE	31,188	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vigneux-sur-Seine	91	45 km SE	31,466	73.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cachan	94	33 km SE	31,103	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nogent-sur-Marne	94	37 km SE	32,455	76.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Viry-Châtillon	91	47 km SE	30,838	73.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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