La Champenoise

Indre · CC Champagne Boischauts · INSEE 36037

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Champenoise (INSEE 36037) is in Indre (36), part of CC Champagne Boischauts. Population 310 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,943 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.69	10	6.88
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ENTRE POT'S). ^[3,4]

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

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	1	L'ENTRE POT'S	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES CHAMPAGNARDS	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 489 2023: 310 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 321 (2012) → 310 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 261 (1990) → 310 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 184, of which 6.5 % second homes and 19 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.8 km WBakery — 7.6 km SEGP — 8.9 km SPharmacy — 8.9 km S 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 (Neuvy-Pailloux): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brion): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montierchaume): 8.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montierchaume): 8.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Champenoise): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.2

Days at or below 0 °C 53

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA CHAMPENOISE weather station, 2.7 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 174 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA CHAMPENOISE, 2.7 km away at 177 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA CHAMPENOISE, 2.7 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

20 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 87,500 € — 915 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

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 — 36037/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36037/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36037/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36037/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36037
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
Fontenoy-la-Joûte	54	401 km NE	311	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Dagny	77	222 km NE	305	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cormont	62	402 km N	309	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Laubach	67	491 km NE	311	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Clux-Villeneuve	71	258 km E	303	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Villard-Sallet	73	371 km SE	310	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dagny	77	222 km NE	305	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Clux-Villeneuve	71	258 km E	303	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Villard-Sallet	73	371 km SE	310	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenoy-la-Joûte	54	401 km NE	311	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Cormont	62	402 km N	309	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Laubach	67	491 km NE	311	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · 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 La Champenoise'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
Mignères	45	138 km NE	308	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mayet-d'École	03	140 km SE	304	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-Roilaye	60	285 km N	301	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Torfou	91	180 km N	294	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Champvoux	58	100 km E	282	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Anguilcourt-le-Sart	02	329 km N	274	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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