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Malicornay

Indre · CC du Val de Bouzanne · INSEE 36111

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

Few services 23.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Malicornay (INSEE 36111) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Val de Bouzanne. Population 187 (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/36111-malicornay

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 15,590 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.46104.64
Housing mix0.5352.64

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

1 × Restaurant (AU BEC FIN). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AU BEC FININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 265 peak 1975: 266 2023: 187 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 190 (2012) → 187 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 194 (1990) → 187 (2023): -3.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 148, of which 23.6 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.7 km NE (Bouesse)Food shop — 5.9 km SW (Badecon-le-Pin)GP — 8.3 km SE (Cluis)Pharmacy — 8.5 km SE (Cluis)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.7 km NEFood shop — 5.9 km SWGP — 8.3 km SEPharmacy — 8.5 km SE 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 (Bouesse): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Badecon-le-Pin): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Cluis): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Cluis): 8.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Malicornay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the TENDU_SAPC weather station, 10.6 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 225 m. [12]

The village sits 70 m above 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at TENDU_SAPC, 10.6 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 70 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CHAVIN, 2.5 km away at 233 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36111/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36111/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36111/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36111/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36022
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36158
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36056
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36111
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort19133 km SE18824.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Salles81280 km S19127.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Faymoreau85174 km W20920.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme33250 km SW19224.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Montjoi82271 km S17224Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde2384 km SE18920.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde2384 km SE18920.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort19133 km SE18824.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Faymoreau85174 km W20920.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme33250 km SW19224.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Montjoi82271 km S17224Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Salles81280 km S19127.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Malicornay'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde2384 km SE18920.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Terjat0385 km SE18022Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Dracy89179 km NE23625Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Seine58167 km E18713.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Paizay-le-Chapt79151 km W25825Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-sous-Uchon71199 km E19816.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %