Ménétréols-sous-Vatan
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ménétréols-sous-Vatan (INSEE 36116) is in Indre (36), part of CC Champagne Boischauts. Population 117 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 8.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 11,932 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.09 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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
Population 127 (2012) → 117 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 149 (1990) → 117 (2023): -21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 77, of which 9.1 % second homes and 19.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vatan): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vatan): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Vatan): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Issoudun): 13.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Paudy): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-VALENTIN weather station, 4.4 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 208 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GUILLY, 9 km away at 135 m, over 24 summers. [11]
That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-VALENTIN, 4.4 km away at 177 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 — 36116/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36116/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36116/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36116/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36230
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36088
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36152
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inval-Boiron | 80 | 319 km N | 118 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gouhelans | 25 | 344 km E | 118 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 % |
| Intréville | 28 | 142 km N | 118 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bullainville | 28 | 131 km N | 115 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aizelles | 02 | 311 km NE | 118 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jumencourt | 02 | 299 km N | 120 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullainville | 28 | 131 km N | 115 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Intréville | 28 | 142 km N | 118 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jumencourt | 02 | 299 km N | 120 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aizelles | 02 | 311 km NE | 118 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Inval-Boiron | 80 | 319 km N | 118 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gouhelans | 25 | 344 km E | 118 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 % |
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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 Ménétréols-sous-Vatan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulx-lès-Champlon | 55 | 364 km NE | 116 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loison | 55 | 379 km NE | 116 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazoilles-et-Ménil | 88 | 348 km NE | 122 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jonquery | 51 | 278 km NE | 115 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Destry | 57 | 413 km NE | 115 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Harville | 55 | 370 km NE | 112 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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