Aigurande
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Aigurande (INSEE 36001) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Marche Berrichonne. Population 1,321 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36001-aigurande
Vitality score
Vitality score 55.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 12,541 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 | 0.55 | 25 | 13.81 |
| Social | 0.78 | 20 | 15.54 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.18 | 10 | 1.84 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (OCEANE ET LILIAN · MICOURAUD-DUMONTET). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL ETS ASSIMON · SAS GERARD). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (THEOREME · LE SAINT ANTOINE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (RELAIS DE LA MARCHE · CAFE-BAR D'ANNIE · LA PROMENADE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE FREDERIC CHOPIN). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIELLE POULHE, MÉDECIN · ANA MARIA OPREA, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (S E L A R L PHARMACIE GIRAUD · SELARL PHARMACIE LEFRANC NOUAILLE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINEMA MODERNE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ET PLATEAUX SPORTIFS). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ANGEL). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (RELAIS DE LA MARCHE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | OCEANE ET LILIAN · MICOURAUD-DUMONTET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | SARL ETS ASSIMON · SAS GERARD | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | SPAR | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | THEOREME · LE SAINT ANTOINE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | RELAIS DE LA MARCHE · CAFE-BAR D'ANNIE · LA PROMENADE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE FREDERIC CHOPIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | DANIELLE POULHE, MÉDECIN · ANA MARIA OPREA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | S E L A R L PHARMACIE GIRAUD · SELARL PHARMACIE LEFRANC NOUAILLE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINEMA MODERNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE ET PLATEAUX SPORTIFS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | COIFFURE ANGEL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | RELAIS DE LA MARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 1,521 (2012) → 1,321 (2023): -13.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,932 (1990) → 1,321 (2023): -31.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,061, of which 13.2 % second homes and 18.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Aigurande): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Aigurande): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Aigurande): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Aigurande): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Aigurande): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ORSENNES weather station, 12.8 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 436 m. [9]
The village sits 121 m above 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 12.8 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. [9]
That station sits 121 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 998 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at AIGURANDE, 0.5 km away at 427 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
151 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 65,766 € — 659 € per m² of built surface. [10]
13 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 60,000 € — 483 € per m². [10]
The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36001/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36001/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36001/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36001/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36001
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussac | 23 | 31 km E | 1,236 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteaumeillant | 18 | 31 km NE | 1,629 | 49.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 % |
| Aigre | 16 | 152 km SW | 1,594 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 % |
| Chevanceaux | 17 | 203 km SW | 1,065 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 68 % |
| Douchy-Montcorbon | 45 | 192 km NE | 1,370 | 49.7 | Partly served | no figures |
| Cercy-la-Tour | 58 | 147 km E | 1,653 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussac | 23 | 31 km E | 1,236 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteaumeillant | 18 | 31 km NE | 1,629 | 49.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cercy-la-Tour | 58 | 147 km E | 1,653 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aigre | 16 | 152 km SW | 1,594 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 % |
| Douchy-Montcorbon | 45 | 192 km NE | 1,370 | 49.7 | Partly served | no figures |
| Chevanceaux | 17 | 203 km SW | 1,065 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 68 % |
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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 Aigurande'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussac | 23 | 31 km E | 1,236 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cercy-la-Tour | 58 | 147 km E | 1,653 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châteauvillain | 52 | 293 km NE | 1,482 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Magnac-Bourg | 87 | 96 km S | 1,121 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bonnat | 23 | 13 km SE | 1,357 | 44.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rosières | 43 | 221 km SE | 1,548 | 58.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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