Nothing like it, to carry out a “return towards the past” of our village at the beginning of the XXème century, that bases impossible to circumvent of a very official census. That of 1901 reveals to us a borough of 345 inhabitants (115 voters) whose characteristics hardly varied compared to the beginning of the XIXème century. At that time, there was certainly a hundred inhabitants in less, but the “profile” of the agglomeration was almost the same one: farmers and vine growers of which the number was going unrelentingly to decrease and to which were added, with the passing of years, some small companies resulting from the technological development, certainly, but all adapted to the traditional trades of the village.
In 1901, therefore, the mayor, RICH A., his assistant LHARDY and 8 city council men “reign” on a communal personnel whose principal protagonists are the secretary of town hall Emile Lebègue (the teacher), the officer fireman PARQUET FLOOR - which one will succeed named GUERIN -, “Rural policeman Drum Bill-poster” named Désiré Bailly and the roadmender Louis Ravier.

Side teaching, Vulaignots have the choice between the public school become mixed in November 1881 directed by Mr. Lebègue, in the current town hall and the private school of the Christian Doctrines for the girls, in the place of the Nursery school.
As regards transport, no one at the time had not been able to imagine the automobile surge of today! One was satisfied with the railway line Corbeil-Montereau (by Melun and Héricy) inaugurated on June 20, 1897, over which Vulaines was only one simple halt since it is only in 1905 that a station master was going to take official functions.
For the ways towards the close cities, there was the tram between the station of Avon-Fontainebleau and Valvins and as from June 19, 1909 to the station of Vulaines.
The every day, in addition, there was diligence (then later the bus) on the way Fontainebleau- Vulaines- Echouboulains.
In the field of the “COM”, it was necessary to be satisfied with the post office with Avon and the telegraph with Héricy. It was going to be necessary to wait until 1908 for a phone box, December 1, 1910 a post office held by a factor-receiver (Auger) and in 1927 the telegraph. Previously in 1906 a receiver tobacconist had settled

As for the religious field, it was allocated to the Guignon priest whose ministry was going to be prolonged until 1926.
Although there were three times less inhabitants than today, the true “local trade” was much more flourishing in the top of the village because, at the time, the Seine did not run almost with the feet of a supermarket… One counted a baker (with the same site as currently), three landlords grocers or tobacco shop, a shoe-maker, two carpenters, a hirer out of cars, a washing machine dressmaker.
Side undertaken, two building contractors, a building material factory, a mechanic, one marshal-shoeing and a company of agricultural machinery. All these activities, except for the building firm which was with the current site of company BARNIQUEL, were distributed in a sector including/understanding the streets of the Church, of the Park, Riché, Gambetta, Pasteur.
One counted 19 farmer-stockbreeders (2 street Riché, 6 street Jame, 2 street of the Republic, 5 street Pasteur, 3 street of Game preserve and 1 in Valvins. The Vine growers started their song of the swan and were nothing any more but four (3 street Jame and 1 street Pasteur). Finally 2 gardeners (1 street Jame and 1 street Pasteur) supplemented a branch of industry distributed finally better than today where only a bakery “decorates” the principal street.
But progress is not stopped…