Écueillé

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36069

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Écueillé (INSEE 36069) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 1,188 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/36069-ecueille

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 13,256 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.27	10	2.67
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (AU CARREFOUR DES PAINS · NIVET ANATOLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE D'AURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CALMETTE ET GUERIN). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILAIN DECARNIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE JEANNEY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D' ÉCUEILLÉ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DIMINU'TIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA POTINIERE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU CARREFOUR DES PAINS · NIVET ANATOLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE D'AURE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQ FRANCOIS RABELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CALMETTE ET GUERIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GUILAIN DECARNIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE JEANNEY	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	MÉDIATHÈQUE D' ÉCUEILLÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	DIMINU'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA POTINIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,689 peak 1975: 1,760 2023: 1,188 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,302 (2012) → 1,188 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,548 (1990) → 1,188 (2023): -23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 829, of which 9.2 % second homes and 16.4 % 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 (Écueillé): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Écueillé): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Écueillé): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Écueillé): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 13 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LYE, 19.8 km away at 130 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ECUEILLE, 0.8 km away at 164 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 — 36069/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36069/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36069/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36069/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36069
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
Savigné-sur-Lathan	37	87 km NW	1,305	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Thenon	24	217 km S	1,282	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Couches	71	246 km E	1,213	45.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
L'Isle-Jourdain	86	107 km SW	1,126	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Étreillers	02	333 km NE	1,157	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauneuf-sur-Cher	18	78 km E	1,360	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châteauneuf-sur-Cher	18	78 km E	1,360	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Savigné-sur-Lathan	37	87 km NW	1,305	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
L'Isle-Jourdain	86	107 km SW	1,126	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Thenon	24	217 km S	1,282	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Couches	71	246 km E	1,213	45.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Étreillers	02	333 km NE	1,157	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · 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 Écueillé'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
Thenon	24	217 km S	1,282	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cancon	47	289 km S	1,379	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lacapelle-Marival	46	266 km S	1,268	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Bridoire	73	379 km SE	1,202	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Savigny-lès-Beaune	21	263 km E	1,268	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pérignat-sur-Allier	63	209 km SE	1,506	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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