Ceaulmont

Identity

Ceaulmont (INSEE 36032) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 670 (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/36032-ceaulmont

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 16,628 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE COCO'VIN). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 741 (2012) → 670 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 621 (1990) → 670 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 466, of which 16.5 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Menoux): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Badecon-le-Pin): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argenton-sur-Creuse): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Pêchereau): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ceaulmont): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ARGENTON weather station, 6 km away at 178 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ARGENTON, 6 km away at 178 m, over 14 summers. ^[13]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ARGENTON, 6 km away at 178 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

53 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 105,000 € — 828 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[14]

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 — 36032/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36032/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36032/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36032/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36117
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36158
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36006
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36154
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36032
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025