Heugnes

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36086

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Heugnes (INSEE 36086) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 380 (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 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 18,061 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.45	10	4.52
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FOURNEE DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	LA FOURNEE DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 562 2023: 380 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 399 (2012) → 380 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 399 (1990) → 380 (2023): -4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 20.7 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.7 km SEFood shop — 3.2 km SPharmacy — 3.2 km S 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 (Heugnes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pellevoisin): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pellevoisin): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pellevoisin): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Heugnes): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 4.1 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[10]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PELLEVOISIN, 4.1 km away at 161 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36155
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
Bulat-Pestivien	22	388 km NW	406	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %
Ciral	61	201 km NW	409	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Aquilin	24	215 km S	458	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Aix	19	172 km SE	352	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 3 %
Ladapeyre	23	98 km SE	360	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 61 %
Chenay-le-Châtel	71	212 km SE	375	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ladapeyre	23	98 km SE	360	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 61 %
Aix	19	172 km SE	352	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 3 %
Ciral	61	201 km NW	409	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Chenay-le-Châtel	71	212 km SE	375	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Aquilin	24	215 km S	458	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Bulat-Pestivien	22	388 km NW	406	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %

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