Cluis

Indre · CC du Val de Bouzanne · INSEE 36056

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

Served 66/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cluis (INSEE 36056) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Val de Bouzanne. Population 969 (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 66/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 14,502 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	0.79	25	19.68
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.31	10	3.1
Housing mix	0.52	5	2.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MICOURAUD-DUMONTET). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE NOC). ^[3]

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

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELENA PIRAMPEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE FRANÇOIS BAILLY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MICOURAUD-DUMONTET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE NOC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COCCIMARKET	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	1	ELENA PIRAMPEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE	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 FRANÇOIS BAILLY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,516 2023: 969 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,006 (2012) → 969 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,196 (1990) → 969 (2023): -19 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 755, of which 24.1 % second homes and 11.7 % 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 (Cluis): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Cluis): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Cluis): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 2

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ORSENNES weather station, 10.8 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 280 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 10.8 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. ^[9]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NEUVY-ST-SEP., 7.1 km away at 211 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 — 36056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36056
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
Saint-Paul-le-Jeune	07	308 km SE	968	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Vogüé	07	304 km SE	1,040	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Allègre	43	213 km SE	922	63.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Banon	04	412 km SE	1,072	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Brinon-sur-Sauldre	18	120 km N	971	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bélâbre	36	45 km W	923	64.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bélâbre	36	45 km W	923	64.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Brinon-sur-Sauldre	18	120 km N	971	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Allègre	43	213 km SE	922	63.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Vogüé	07	304 km SE	1,040	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-le-Jeune	07	308 km SE	968	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Banon	04	412 km SE	1,072	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · 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 Cluis'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
Brinon-sur-Sauldre	18	120 km N	971	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	310 km E	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Donjon	03	158 km E	1,007	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moncontour	86	140 km W	976	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ancy-le-Franc	89	228 km NE	834	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Droué	41	174 km N	999	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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