Chezelles

Indre · CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne · INSEE 36050

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chezelles (INSEE 36050) is in Indre (36), part of CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne. Population 452 (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/36050-chezelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,953 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.62	10	6.24
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MELISHOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ NOUS COMME CHEZ VOUS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF ET DECO). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	MELISHOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ NOUS COMME CHEZ VOUS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	COIFF ET DECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 419 peak 2017: 476 2023: 452 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 450 (2012) → 452 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 452 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 4.4 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.4 km EBakery — 4.5 km EGP — 5.6 km SW 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 (Vineuil): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chezelles): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villedieu-sur-Indre): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vineuil): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chezelles): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.1

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEVROUX - TREG. weather station, 9.3 km away at 169 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LEVROUX - TREG., 9.3 km away at 169 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHEZELLES, 2.6 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36247
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36241
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
Coulombs-en-Valois	77	268 km NE	576	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Camiran	33	282 km SW	419	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Cère	40	362 km SW	420	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
La Thieuloye	62	397 km N	476	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cloué	86	119 km SW	490	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Soulignac	33	283 km SW	409	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cloué	86	119 km SW	490	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Coulombs-en-Valois	77	268 km NE	576	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Camiran	33	282 km SW	419	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Soulignac	33	283 km SW	409	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Cère	40	362 km SW	420	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
La Thieuloye	62	397 km N	476	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Chezelles'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
Cloué	86	119 km SW	490	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Longvilliers	78	191 km N	496	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rumilly-lès-Vaudes	10	242 km NE	564	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bernac	16	143 km SW	465	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Bertrand	79	137 km W	465	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Tourmont	39	312 km E	437	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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