Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel

Indre · CC de la Marche Berrichonne · INSEE 36099

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel (INSEE 36099) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Marche Berrichonne. Population 295 (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 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,814 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.09	10	0.86
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LOURDOUEIX SAINT MICHEL AP). ^[3]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LOURDOUEIX SAINT MICHEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 756 2023: 295 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 339 (2012) → 295 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 503 (1990) → 295 (2023): -41.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 32.5 % second homes and 19.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.0 km EBakery — 5.5 km NWFood shop — 6.1 km SWGP — 6.6 km NWPharmacy — 7.8 km E 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 (Saint-Plantaire): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fresselines): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Orsennes): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Aigurande): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Méasnes): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ORSENNES weather station, 6.2 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 352 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 6.2 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. ^[13]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ORSENNES, 6.2 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36099/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36099/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36099/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36099/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23130
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
Pailharès	07	266 km SE	310	29	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Antignac	15	136 km SE	284	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 61 %
Salles-Lavalette	16	164 km SW	317	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Liglet	86	50 km W	297	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Ids-Saint-Roch	18	50 km NE	295	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Lupersat	23	69 km SE	288	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Liglet	86	50 km W	297	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Ids-Saint-Roch	18	50 km NE	295	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Lupersat	23	69 km SE	288	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Antignac	15	136 km SE	284	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 61 %
Salles-Lavalette	16	164 km SW	317	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Pailharès	07	266 km SE	310	29	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · 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 Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel'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
Lupersat	23	69 km SE	288	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Goulles	19	157 km S	323	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bussière	24	115 km SW	219	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Nocle-Maulaix	58	161 km E	267	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Puy	58	192 km NE	290	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tannerre-en-Puisaye	89	180 km NE	269	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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