Baraize
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Baraize (INSEE 36012) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 352 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 35 % of the 18,064 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.54 | 10 | 5.45 |
| Housing mix | 0.23 | 5 | 1.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE LA PLAGE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | L'AUBERGE DE LA PLAGE | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 331 (2012) → 352 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 337 (1990) → 352 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 292, of which 38.4 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Éguzon-Chantôme): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Éguzon-Chantôme): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Éguzon-Chantôme): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Le Pêchereau): 10.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cuzion): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the EGUZON weather station, 6 km away at 272 m; the village itself is at 222 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 8.7 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. [11]
That station sits 93 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at EGUZON, 6 km away at 272 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36012/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36012/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36012/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36012/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36070
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36154
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36062
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marminiac | 46 | 205 km S | 349 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fleurac | 24 | 170 km S | 328 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gindou | 46 | 208 km S | 356 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Beurières | 63 | 207 km SE | 322 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bonneville-sur-Touques | 14 | 335 km N | 307 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Isle-et-Bardais | 03 | 97 km E | 273 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle-et-Bardais | 03 | 97 km E | 273 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fleurac | 24 | 170 km S | 328 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marminiac | 46 | 205 km S | 349 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beurières | 63 | 207 km SE | 322 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gindou | 46 | 208 km S | 356 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bonneville-sur-Touques | 14 | 335 km N | 307 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · 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 Baraize'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle-et-Bardais | 03 | 97 km E | 273 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bio | 46 | 191 km S | 350 | 23 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caniac-du-Causse | 46 | 208 km S | 371 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech | 24 | 217 km SW | 346 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize | 36 | 38 km W | 311 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oyé | 71 | 203 km E | 271 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
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