Étrechet

Indre · CA Châteauroux Métropole · INSEE 36071

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

Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Étrechet (INSEE 36071) is in Indre (36), part of CA Châteauroux Métropole. Population 998 (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/36071-etrechet

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 14,324 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.64	10	6.44
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORIAN CAILLAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (CHEZ CARINE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FERNAND MAILLAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FLORIAN CAILLAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ETRECHET RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE OMNISPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	CHEZ CARINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 349 peak 2017: 1,008 2023: 998 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 905 (2012) → 998 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 872 (1990) → 998 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 5.3 km SE 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 (Le Poinçonnet): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Étrechet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Étrechet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ardentes): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Étrechet): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.8

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHATEAUROUX weather station, 6.9 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 157 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHATEAUROUX DEOLS, 10.7 km away at 158 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARDENTES, 4.6 km away at 174 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 — 36071/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36071/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36071/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36071/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36159
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36005
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
Palluau	85	259 km W	1,128	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 81 %
Andrest	65	408 km S	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Beauquesne	80	370 km N	1,352	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Einville-au-Jard	54	409 km NE	1,053	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Candas	80	372 km N	1,035	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bords	17	221 km SW	1,375	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bords	17	221 km SW	1,375	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Palluau	85	259 km W	1,128	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 81 %
Beauquesne	80	370 km N	1,352	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Candas	80	372 km N	1,035	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Andrest	65	408 km S	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Einville-au-Jard	54	409 km NE	1,053	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Étrechet'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
Épannes	79	191 km W	851	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Flogny-la-Chapelle	89	204 km NE	935	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saulon-la-Chapelle	21	255 km E	1,031	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sergines	89	206 km NE	1,223	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes	10	240 km NE	1,084	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Villiers-en-Lieu	52	314 km NE	1,469	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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