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Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt

Val-d'Oise · CA Plaine Vallée · INSEE 95539

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

Served 63.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (INSEE 95539) is in Val-d'Oise (95), part of CA Plaine Vallée. Population 15,063 (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/95539-saint-brice-sous-foret

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 1,623 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 food0.572514.15
Social0.862017.12
Education0.39103.93
Health0.56105.58
Public & culture0.1250.59
Population trend0.79107.92
Housing mix0.9854.91

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 1 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]

12 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GONZALVES CARDOSO JOSE · REGAL SAINT BRICE · PAIN PIEROL · LES TROIS CERISES). [3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (JFF DISTRIBUTION · CG SAINT BRICE · FERMAN · LA BOUCHERIE DU VERGER). [3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NICHANE LARBI · IDNAROUR ABDALLAH · HYPERCACHER SAINT BRICE). [3,4]

6 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · SOCIETE DE DISTRIBUTION ALIMENTAIRE · BSD 52). [3,4]

52 × Restaurant (AU COEUR DE LA FORET · SAINT BRICE FOOD · PRODUCTION KHALFET (CHEESY PIZZA · MC DONALD'S · LE PORTE BONHEUR). [3,4]

10 × Café / bar (LE CLOS D'EVAN · LE SAINT BRICE · PITAYA). [4]

4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN CHARRON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQ CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LEON ROUVRAIS · ECOLE MATERNELLE ALPHONSE DAUDET). [3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE L'ARDILLIERE DE NEZANT). [3]

13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AVIDAN CHEMLA, MÉDECIN · JULIEN BLAIN, MÉDECIN · DIDIER FAFET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS RAMEY, MÉDECIN · GERARD CHICHE, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Pharmacy (SELEURL PHARMACIE SERFATY · SELARL PHARMACIE BENSIMHON · PHARMACIE DES VERGERS). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE GÉNÉRALE DE SAINT-BRICE LCR LA CERISAIE). [3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (COSEC P CLOUET · CENTRE CULTUREL ET SPORTIF LIONEL TERRAY · COMPLEXE DE NEZANT). [3]

3 × Bank (SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]

18 × Hairdresser (FRANCK PROVOST · N N D · LINDA COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE PARIS NORD). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Supermarket, 12 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)12GONZALVES CARDOSO JOSE · REGAL SAINT BRICE · PAIN PIEROL · LES TROIS CERISESINSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)4JFF DISTRIBUTION · CG SAINT BRICE · FERMAN · LA BOUCHERIE DU VERGERINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)4NICHANE LARBI · IDNAROUR ABDALLAH · HYPERCACHER SAINT BRICEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Supermarket6LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · SOCIETE DE DISTRIBUTION ALIMENTAIRE · BSD 52INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant52AU COEUR DE LA FORET · SAINT BRICE FOOD · PRODUCTION KHALFET (CHEESY PIZZA · MC DONALD'S · LE PORTE BONHEURINSEE BPE 52 / INSEE SIRENE 75 [3,4]
Café / bar10LE CLOS D'EVAN · LE SAINT BRICE · PITAYAINSEE SIRENE 10 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)4ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN CHARRON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQ CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LEON ROUVRAIS · ECOLE MATERNELLE ALPHONSE DAUDETINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)4ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINEINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE L'ARDILLIERE DE NEZANTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)13AVIDAN CHEMLA, MÉDECIN · JULIEN BLAIN, MÉDECIN · DIDIER FAFET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS RAMEY, MÉDECIN · GERARD CHICHE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 13 [3]
Pharmacy3SELEURL PHARMACIE SERFATY · SELARL PHARMACIE BENSIMHON · PHARMACIE DES VERGERSINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE GÉNÉRALE DE SAINT-BRICE LCR LA CERISAIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall3COSEC P CLOUET · CENTRE CULTUREL ET SPORTIF LIONEL TERRAY · COMPLEXE DE NEZANTINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT LYONNAISINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser18FRANCK PROVOST · N N D · LINDA COIFFUREINSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel1HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE PARIS NORDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 4,804 2023: 15,063 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 14,333 (2012) → 15,063 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 11,662 (1990) → 15,063 (2023): 29.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 6,080, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.5 km NE (Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km NE 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 (Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the GROSLAY weather station, 1.7 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 81 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at LE BOURGET, 6.1 km away at 49 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 734 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at GROSLAY, 1.7 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95539/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95539/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95539/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95539/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 95539
  9. 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
Montmagny952.6 km S15,10553.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arnouville954.7 km E15,02370.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Haubourdin59185 km N15,07450.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lognes7727 km SE15,07452Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Illzach68392 km E14,92354.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Verrières-le-Buisson9129 km S15,05748.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montmagny952.6 km S15,10553.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arnouville954.7 km E15,02370.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lognes7727 km SE15,07452Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Verrières-le-Buisson9129 km S15,05748.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Haubourdin59185 km N15,07450.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Illzach68392 km E14,92354.1Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · 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 Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt'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
Montmagny952.6 km S15,10553.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arnouville954.7 km E15,02370.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lognes7727 km SE15,07452Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Verrières-le-Buisson9129 km S15,05748.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Avertin37218 km SW14,99953Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Raincy9316 km SE14,73562.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %