Fléré-la-Rivière

Identity

Fléré-la-Rivière (INSEE 36074) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Châtillonnais en Berry. Population 560 (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/36074-flere-la-riviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,448 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATRICIA-MATHIEU CAILLER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FLERE LA RIVIERE AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MALOU COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 580 (2012) → 560 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 628 (1990) → 560 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 367, of which 12.3 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fléré-la-Rivière): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châtillon-sur-Indre): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Hippolyte): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Perrusson): 12.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bridoré): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MURS weather station, 11.6 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[13]

The village sits 62 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MURS, 11.6 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 62 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 732 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MURS, 11.6 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

59 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 90,000 € — 867 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36074/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36074/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36074/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36074/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36074
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36045
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37221
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37183
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37039
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025