Argy

Indre · CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne · INSEE 36007

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

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Argy (INSEE 36007) is in Indre (36), part of CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne. Population 559 (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/36007-argy

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,438 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.43
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	ARGY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 912 2023: 559 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 625 (2012) → 559 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 663 (1990) → 559 (2023): -15.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 356, of which 7.9 % second homes and 18.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km EPharmacy — 5.2 km NBakery — 5.5 km SGP — 5.8 km N 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 (Buzançais): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Argy): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pellevoisin): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pellevoisin): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Argy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 4.6 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LEVROUX - TREG., 17.2 km away at 169 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PELLEVOISIN, 4.6 km away at 161 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36007/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36007/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36007/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36007/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36155
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
Asasp-Arros	64	454 km S	516	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Ennemond	03	154 km E	626	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Guitté	22	305 km NW	701	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Lohéac	35	270 km NW	702	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Boisville-la-Saint-Père	28	156 km N	719	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Roffiac	15	244 km SE	561	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ennemond	03	154 km E	626	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Boisville-la-Saint-Père	28	156 km N	719	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Roffiac	15	244 km SE	561	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Lohéac	35	270 km NW	702	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Guitté	22	305 km NW	701	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Asasp-Arros	64	454 km S	516	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Argy'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
Luthenay-Uxeloup	58	139 km E	606	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chamelet	69	258 km SE	706	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Neuillay-les-Bois	36	20 km S	660	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Marcilly-sur-Vienne	37	69 km W	550	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Leigné-les-Bois	86	59 km W	547	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villabon	18	96 km E	559	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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