Les Bordes

Identity

Les Bordes (INSEE 36021) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Pays d'Issoudun. Population 792 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/36021-les-bordes

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 15,715 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (AU LION D'OR). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES BORDES AP). ^[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, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 906 (2012) → 792 (2023): -12.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 925 (1990) → 792 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 425, of which 0.9 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Issoudun): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Bordes): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Issoudun): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Issoudun): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Bordes): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ISSOUDUN weather station, 4.2 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ISSOUDUN, 4.2 km away at 138 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 709 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ISSOUDUN, 4.2 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 105,000 € — 1,191 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36021/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36021/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36021/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36021/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36088
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36021
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025