Lingé

Indre · CC Coeur de Brenne · INSEE 36096

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

Few services 22.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lingé (INSEE 36096) is in Indre (36), part of CC Coeur de Brenne. Population 201 (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 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 15,929 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.26	10	2.64
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA GABRIERE · LES MILLE SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA GABRIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE GAB). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	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	2	AUBERGE DE LA GABRIERE · LES MILLE SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	AUBERGE DE LA GABRIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE GAB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 354 2023: 201 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 240 (2012) → 201 (2023): -16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 263 (1990) → 201 (2023): -23.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 199, of which 37.7 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.8 km NWBakery — 6.6 km NWGP — 6.8 km NWPharmacy — 10.1 km W 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 (Martizay): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Martizay): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Martizay): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tournon-Saint-Martin): 10.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lingé): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARTIZAY weather station, 6.5 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROSNAY, 13.9 km away at 109 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARTIZAY, 6.5 km away at 80 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 — 36096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36113
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36096
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
Nistos	65	418 km S	212	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-en-Quint	26	390 km SE	171	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
La Perche	18	115 km E	205	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Clément-de-Vers	69	261 km E	206	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde	23	128 km SE	189	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Montclus	30	380 km SE	179	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Perche	18	115 km E	205	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde	23	128 km SE	189	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-Vers	69	261 km E	206	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montclus	30	380 km SE	179	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-en-Quint	26	390 km SE	171	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Nistos	65	418 km S	212	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · 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 Lingé'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
Queyssac-les-Vignes	19	206 km S	235	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Suze	26	383 km SE	245	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Razac-d'Eymet	24	234 km S	328	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lacapelle-Livron	82	282 km S	220	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Calès	46	219 km S	169	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montclar-sur-Gervanne	26	386 km SE	194	10.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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