Clion

Indre · CC du Châtillonnais en Berry · INSEE 36055

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Clion (INSEE 36055) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Châtillonnais en Berry. Population 1,015 (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/36055-clion

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 14,250 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.32	10	3.17
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGE RIBREAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARINA GAIMON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (BARBARA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGE RIBREAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE BOULAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARINA GAIMON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE CLION	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	BARBARA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,561 2023: 1,015 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,093 (2012) → 1,015 (2023): -7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,243 (1990) → 1,015 (2023): -18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 687, of which 11.4 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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

Food shop (Clion): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

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

Primary school (Clion): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 38.7

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MURS weather station, 5.2 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 102 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MURS, 5.2 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 732 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MURS, 5.2 km away at 148 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 — 36055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36055
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
Meusnes	41	40 km NE	1,013	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Cocumont	47	293 km S	1,133	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Trie-sur-Baïse	65	408 km S	1,006	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Cerisy-la-Salle	50	298 km NW	1,005	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur	71	310 km E	1,108	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Vendœuvres	36	18 km SE	1,086	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vendœuvres	36	18 km SE	1,086	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Meusnes	41	40 km NE	1,013	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Cocumont	47	293 km S	1,133	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Cerisy-la-Salle	50	298 km NW	1,005	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur	71	310 km E	1,108	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Trie-sur-Baïse	65	408 km S	1,006	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Clion'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
Vendœuvres	36	18 km SE	1,086	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Maillezais	85	163 km W	890	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lugny	71	278 km E	845	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ayron	86	93 km W	1,085	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	63 km W	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bellenaves	03	164 km SE	983	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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