Ciron

Indre · CC Brenne - Val de Creuse · INSEE 36053

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ciron (INSEE 36053) is in Indre (36), part of CC Brenne - Val de Creuse. Population 520 (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/36053-ciron

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,720 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.83
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LES RIVES DE LA CREUSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA CALECHE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CIRON AP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	RESTAURANT LES RIVES DE LA CREUSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA CALECHE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	CIRON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 647 2023: 520 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 525 (2012) → 520 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 529 (1990) → 520 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 389, of which 27.5 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.5 km SWGP — 10.8 km NEPharmacy — 11.2 km SWFood shop — 11.3 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 (Ciron): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bélâbre): 11.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Migné): 10.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bélâbre): 11.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ciron): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 44.6

Muggy days a summer 3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROSNAY weather station, 8 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 102 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROSNAY, 8 km away at 109 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROSNAY, 8 km away at 109 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 — 36053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36124
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
Noyers-sur-Jabron	04	450 km SE	525	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 %
Mézilles	89	188 km NE	520	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Bédouès-Cocurès	48	314 km SE	457	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Curzon	85	197 km W	481	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 %
Angiens	76	357 km N	513	34.1	Few services	no figures
Rutali	2B	784 km SE	531	42.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mézilles	89	188 km NE	520	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Curzon	85	197 km W	481	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 %
Bédouès-Cocurès	48	314 km SE	457	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Angiens	76	357 km N	513	34.1	Few services	no figures
Noyers-sur-Jabron	04	450 km SE	525	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 %
Rutali	2B	784 km SE	531	42.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · 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 Ciron'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
Châteaudouble	83	529 km SE	476	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Mesnil-Saint-Père	10	293 km NE	438	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses	89	175 km NE	700	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Villeny	41	117 km N	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nuits	89	255 km NE	362	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux	58	186 km NE	721	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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