Fougerolles

Indre · CC du Val de Bouzanne · INSEE 36078

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fougerolles (INSEE 36078) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Val de Bouzanne. Population 349 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 18,047 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.42
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE DUCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	1	LE DUCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 377 2023: 349 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 340 (2012) → 349 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 349 (2023): 24.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 9.8 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.7 km SPrimary school — 3.8 km SGP — 5.3 km NWBakery — 6.1 km NE 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 (Sarzay): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTGIVRAY weather station, 9.7 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 250 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 9.7 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NEUVY-ST-SEP., 6.5 km away at 211 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 — 36078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36141
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
Saint-Gonlay	35	343 km NW	377	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Champrepus	50	347 km NW	322	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Locquignol	59	427 km N	301	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fomperron	79	151 km W	388	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Le Châtellier	35	312 km NW	430	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Couverte	53	272 km NW	420	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fomperron	79	151 km W	388	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Fontaine-Couverte	53	272 km NW	420	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 96 %
Le Châtellier	35	312 km NW	430	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gonlay	35	343 km NW	377	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Champrepus	50	347 km NW	322	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Locquignol	59	427 km N	301	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Fougerolles'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
Valforêt	21	241 km E	331	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Autry-Issards	03	97 km E	313	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Grassac	16	157 km SW	308	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-les-Forges	58	120 km NE	376	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech	24	234 km SW	346	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saisy	71	209 km E	350	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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