Dun-le-Poëlier

Indre · CC Chabris - Pays de Bazelle · INSEE 36068

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

Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dun-le-Poëlier (INSEE 36068) is in Indre (36), part of CC Chabris - Pays de Bazelle. Population 445 (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 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,952 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.4	10	3.97
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.35

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 × Café / bar (LE LOUP BLANC). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DUN LE POELIER RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 [3,4]
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	LE LOUP BLANC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	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	1	DUN LE POELIER RP	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	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: 593 2023: 445 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 461 (2012) → 445 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 496 (1990) → 445 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 351, of which 16.5 % second homes and 20.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.4 km SFood shop — 8.9 km SWPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Dun-le-Poëlier): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Poulaines): 8.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bagneux): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Poulaines): 8.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Dun-le-Poëlier): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.1

Days at or below 0 °C 51

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the POULAINES weather station, 10.7 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at GUILLY, 14.5 km away at 135 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHABRIS, 5.3 km away at 91 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 — 36068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36011
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
Sougé	41	100 km NW	484	29.4	Few services	no figures
Latronquière	46	269 km S	447	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cherves	86	143 km W	529	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Fléré-la-Rivière	36	53 km W	560	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Chamesson	21	219 km E	248	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Bielle	64	492 km S	371	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fléré-la-Rivière	36	53 km W	560	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sougé	41	100 km NW	484	29.4	Few services	no figures
Cherves	86	143 km W	529	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chamesson	21	219 km E	248	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Latronquière	46	269 km S	447	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bielle	64	492 km S	371	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · 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 Dun-le-Poëlier'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
Saint-Fraigne	16	194 km SW	427	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Félix	46	290 km S	511	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Narcy	58	99 km E	464	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Thorette	18	36 km E	473	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Melleran	79	179 km SW	480	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Curzay-sur-Vonne	86	152 km SW	380	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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