Gargilesse-Dampierre

Identity

Gargilesse-Dampierre (INSEE 36081) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 262 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36081-gargilesse-dampierre

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,443 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

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

2 × Restaurant (LE CAFE DE DAMPIERRE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (AUBERGE HOTEL DES ARTISTES · O GARGILESSE). ^[4]

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE HOTEL DES ARTISTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 304 (2012) → 262 (2023): -13.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 342 (1990) → 262 (2023): -23.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 45.2 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Badecon-le-Pin): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Badecon-le-Pin): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Orsennes): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Pêchereau): 8.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Badecon-le-Pin): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ORSENNES weather station, 7.7 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[11]

The village sits 173 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 7.7 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 173 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAVIN, 5.5 km away at 233 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36081/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36081/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36081/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36081/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36158
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36146
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36154
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024