Cuzion

Indre · CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse · INSEE 36062

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cuzion (INSEE 36062) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 476 (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/36062-cuzion

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,882 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.41	10	4.08
Housing mix	0.18	5	0.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

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

1 × Café / bar (L'ESSENTIEL). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CUZION LPR RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ESSENTIEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	CUZION LPR RP	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 757 2023: 476 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 442 (2012) → 476 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 524 (1990) → 476 (2023): -9.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 478, of which 40.8 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km SWFood shop — 4.5 km SWGP — 4.6 km SWPharmacy — 11.5 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 (Éguzon-Chantôme): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Éguzon-Chantôme): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Éguzon-Chantôme): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sébastien): 11.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cuzion): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.2

Days at or below 0 °C 48

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ORSENNES weather station, 4.8 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 252 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 4.8 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 63 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ORSENNES, 4.8 km away at 315 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 — 36062/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36062/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36062/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36062/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23239
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36062
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
Canet-de-Salars	12	265 km S	451	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Aulas	30	316 km SE	456	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marignac	31	404 km S	474	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-lès-Perche	28	251 km N	497	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Bourg-Bruche	67	465 km NE	378	27	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Durance	05	437 km SE	343	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boissy-lès-Perche	28	251 km N	497	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Canet-de-Salars	12	265 km S	451	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Aulas	30	316 km SE	456	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marignac	31	404 km S	474	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Durance	05	437 km SE	343	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Bourg-Bruche	67	465 km NE	378	27	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · 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 Cuzion'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
Marignac	31	404 km S	474	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rosnay	36	39 km NW	524	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rigny-Ussé	37	132 km NW	512	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Marolle-en-Sologne	41	124 km N	379	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnil-Saint-Père	10	284 km NE	438	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Boisset-les-Prévanches	27	278 km N	476	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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