Le Menoux

Indre · CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse · INSEE 36117

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Menoux (INSEE 36117) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 401 (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/36117-le-menoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,999 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.44	10	4.44
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL AU FOURNIL DE MARY). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PETIT ROY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING GCU DU MOULIN NEUF - LE MENOUX). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL AU FOURNIL DE MARY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE PETIT ROY	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FRANCOIS HERVIER	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	1	CAMPING GCU DU MOULIN NEUF - LE MENOUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 446 2023: 401 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 444 (2012) → 401 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 425 (1990) → 401 (2023): -5.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 334, of which 21.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km SEPharmacy — 3.8 km NWGP — 5.0 km NW 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 (Le Menoux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Badecon-le-Pin): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argenton-sur-Creuse): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Pêchereau): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Le Menoux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARGENTON weather station, 5.5 km away at 178 m; the village itself is at 152 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARGENTON, 5.5 km away at 178 m, over 14 summers. ^[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, 4.7 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36117/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36117/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36117/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36117/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36154
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
Arith	73	360 km E	456	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Cipières	06	523 km SE	393	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Lizant	86	112 km SW	393	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Wingen	67	541 km NE	445	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Contrevoz	01	324 km E	494	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses	01	324 km E	422	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lizant	86	112 km SW	393	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Contrevoz	01	324 km E	494	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses	01	324 km E	422	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Arith	73	360 km E	456	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Cipières	06	523 km SE	393	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Wingen	67	541 km NE	445	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Le Menoux'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
Lizant	86	112 km SW	393	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Boulogne	07	305 km SE	399	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille	73	338 km E	472	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Préfontaines	45	193 km NE	428	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Vaux	71	241 km E	387	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chiroubles	69	241 km E	434	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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