Luçay-le-Mâle

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36103

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luçay-le-Mâle (INSEE 36103) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 1,324 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/36103-lucay-le-male

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 12,520 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.11	10	1.13
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,3]

4 × Restaurant (MIRANDA DAMASCENO MARIA DO SOCORRO · KEREISA MARTYNAS · SPOTPIZZA). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FREDERIC CHOPIN). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE SAVOYEN, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (S E L A R L PHARMACIE DE LUCAY). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON CHRISTINE). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA FOULQUETIERE). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	4	MIRANDA DAMASCENO MARIA DO SOCORRO · KEREISA MARTYNAS · SPOTPIZZA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FREDERIC CHOPIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PHILIPPE SAVOYEN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	S E L A R L PHARMACIE DE LUCAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	SALON CHRISTINE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA FOULQUETIERE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,008 peak 1982: 2,334 2023: 1,324 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,456 (2012) → 1,324 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,160 (1990) → 1,324 (2023): -38.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 930, of which 12 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km NBakery — 8.2 km SW 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 (Écueillé): 8.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Luçay-le-Mâle): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luçay-le-Mâle): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Luçay-le-Mâle): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Luçay-le-Mâle): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 41.1

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LYE weather station, 12.6 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LYE, 12.6 km away at 130 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUCAY-LE-MALE, 0.9 km away at 119 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 — 36103/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36103/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36103/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36103/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36103
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
Bazoges-en-Pareds	85	186 km W	1,184	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pourrain	89	164 km NE	1,270	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	358 km S	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Roybon	38	359 km SE	1,091	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	114 km NE	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Sagy	71	300 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	114 km NE	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Pourrain	89	164 km NE	1,270	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Bazoges-en-Pareds	85	186 km W	1,184	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sagy	71	300 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	358 km S	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Roybon	38	359 km SE	1,091	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Luçay-le-Mâle'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
Pourrain	89	164 km NE	1,270	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse	89	196 km NE	1,396	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Velles	36	51 km S	975	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Teillé	44	208 km W	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Charroux	86	135 km SW	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Droué	41	106 km N	999	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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