Ambrault

Indre · CC Champagne Boischauts · INSEE 36003

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

Partly served 41/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambrault (INSEE 36003) is in Indre (36), part of CC Champagne Boischauts. Population 884 (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/36003-ambrault

Vitality score

Vitality score 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 15,078 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.82	10	8.21
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE D'AMBRAULT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE SESAME). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AMBRAULT AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (6E SENS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE D'AMBRAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LE SESAME	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	AMBRAULT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	6E SENS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 692 peak 2012: 950 2023: 884 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 950 (2012) → 884 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 669 (1990) → 884 (2023): 32.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 442, of which 10.6 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.9 km SBakery — 6.2 km SPharmacy — 6.2 km S 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-Août): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambrault): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Août): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Août): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ambrault): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-CHRISTOPHE weather station, 17.2 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[10]

The village sits 96 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ISSOUDUN, 17.5 km away at 138 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PRUNIERS, 6.5 km away at 164 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36003
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
Augé	79	176 km W	892	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vivoin	72	210 km NW	892	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Salembre	24	217 km SW	901	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Eyrans	33	267 km SW	756	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Confort-Meilars	29	501 km W	861	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Mendionde	64	461 km SW	854	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Augé	79	176 km W	892	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vivoin	72	210 km NW	892	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Salembre	24	217 km SW	901	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Eyrans	33	267 km SW	756	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Mendionde	64	461 km SW	854	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Confort-Meilars	29	501 km W	861	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Ambrault'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
Augé	79	176 km W	892	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mazerolles	86	106 km SW	834	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sansais	79	203 km W	760	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Tourriers	16	175 km SW	802	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Marnay	86	131 km W	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Gemme	81	300 km S	836	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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