Buzançais

Indre · CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne · INSEE 36031

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

Partly served 45.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Buzançais (INSEE 36031) is in Indre (36), part of CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne. Population 4,356 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36031-buzancais

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 5,249 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.67	20	13.46
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.42	10	4.17
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE GUYLAINE ET FREDERIC · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SUREAU · EURL GUILPAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ATELIER DU BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (DICA). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LINERE SAINT-YVES · CHEZ FREDO · LE QG). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE PETIT GARGANTUA · AUX RENDEZ-VOUS DES AMIS · LE RETRO). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA GARENNE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAOUL JANVOIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE IMMACULEE CONCEPTION). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE LES SABLONS · COLLEGE PRIVE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALEXANDRE SCOCCIMARRO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE BUZANCEENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN DUPLAIX). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CENTRE CULTUREL). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ECOLES RAOUL JANVOIE ET GEORGE SAND · GYMNASE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (NATHALIE COIFFURE · SARL LE REFLET · LES BRINS D'EMILIE · COIFF'VALERIE DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (AU CROISSANT · HOTEL L'HERMITAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA TETE NOIRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 5 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AU FOURNIL DE GUYLAINE ET FREDERIC · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SUREAU · EURL GUILPAIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	L'ATELIER DU BOUCHER	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	DICA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LINERE SAINT-YVES · CHEZ FREDO · LE QG	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE PETIT GARGANTUA · AUX RENDEZ-VOUS DES AMIS · LE RETRO	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA GARENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAOUL JANVOIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE IMMACULEE CONCEPTION	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE LES SABLONS · COLLEGE PRIVE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ALEXANDRE SCOCCIMARRO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE BUZANCEENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN DUPLAIX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CENTRE CULTUREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	ECOLES RAOUL JANVOIE ET GEORGE SAND · GYMNASE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	9	NATHALIE COIFFURE · SARL LE REFLET · LES BRINS D'EMILIE · COIFF'VALERIE DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station	4	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	AU CROISSANT · HOTEL L'HERMITAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA TETE NOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 5,140 peak 1975: 5,214 2023: 4,356 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,481 (2012) → 4,356 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,749 (1990) → 4,356 (2023): -8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,639, of which 4.5 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.6 km W 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): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Buzançais): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Buzançais): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Buzançais): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Buzançais): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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 2.1

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. ^[9]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 9.7 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LEVROUX - TREG., 19.5 km away at 169 m, over 24 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BUZANCAIS, 1.4 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36031
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
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat	87	117 km S	4,366	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Niederbronn-les-Bains	67	517 km NE	4,347	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Marans	17	195 km W	4,476	53.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 81 %
Rives de l'Yon	85	211 km W	4,335	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cours	69	239 km E	4,306	56.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Courpière	63	206 km SE	4,166	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat	87	117 km S	4,366	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Marans	17	195 km W	4,476	53.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 81 %
Courpière	63	206 km SE	4,166	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rives de l'Yon	85	211 km W	4,335	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cours	69	239 km E	4,306	56.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Niederbronn-les-Bains	67	517 km NE	4,347	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Buzançais'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
Courpière	63	206 km SE	4,166	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vouillé	86	100 km W	3,697	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin	18	71 km E	3,681	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Tonnerre	89	220 km NE	4,261	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mazé-Milon	49	143 km NW	5,761	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vinay	38	360 km SE	4,438	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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