Azay-le-Ferron
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Azay-le-Ferron (INSEE 36010) is in Indre (36), part of CC Coeur de Brenne. Population 817 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/36010-azay-le-ferron
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 15,537 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.89 |
| Housing mix | 0.56 | 5 | 2.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4,3]
1 × Restaurant (SARL VAFE). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar (TERRES DE BRENNE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MARRONNIERS). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SAMIA BENBIH, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy. [4,3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (AZAY LE FERRON AP). [4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS). [4]
2 × Hairdresser (JOURNOUX MARIE-NOELLE · TIF'CREATION). [4,3]
1 × Hotel (TERRES DE BRENNE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | SARL VAFE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | TERRES DE BRENNE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MARRONNIERS | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | SAMIA BENBIH, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | AZAY LE FERRON AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | JOURNOUX MARIE-NOELLE · TIF'CREATION | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 1 | TERRES DE BRENNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 869 (2012) → 817 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,036 (1990) → 817 (2023): -21.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 645, of which 22.2 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Martizay): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Martizay): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Azay-le-Ferron): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Preuilly-sur-Claise): 10.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Azay-le-Ferron): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MARTIZAY weather station, 5.7 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 111 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MURS, 11.1 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. [11]
An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MARTIZAY, 5.7 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
100 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 55,000 € — 649 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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 — 36010/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36010/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36010/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36010/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36113
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36010
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37189
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sardent | 23 | 108 km SE | 760 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Croix-Volvestre | 09 | 414 km S | 649 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Orsennes | 36 | 63 km SE | 696 | 55.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon | 43 | 278 km SE | 1,038 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 38 % |
| Dournazac | 87 | 137 km S | 672 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Poullaouen | 29 | 390 km NW | 1,470 | 43 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orsennes | 36 | 63 km SE | 696 | 55.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sardent | 23 | 108 km SE | 760 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dournazac | 87 | 137 km S | 672 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon | 43 | 278 km SE | 1,038 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 38 % |
| Poullaouen | 29 | 390 km NW | 1,470 | 43 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Croix-Volvestre | 09 | 414 km S | 649 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Azay-le-Ferron'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causse-et-Diège | 12 | 268 km S | 760 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Croix | 12 | 279 km S | 734 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maleville | 12 | 285 km S | 967 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Turenne | 19 | 204 km S | 801 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Issigeac | 24 | 239 km S | 744 | 75.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Parisot | 82 | 294 km S | 557 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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