Méobecq

Indre · CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne · INSEE 36118

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

Partly served 43.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méobecq (INSEE 36118) is in Indre (36), part of CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne. Population 361 (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/36118-meobecq

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 18,032 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	3.98
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE FONTAINE DE MEOBRENNE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEOBECQ AP). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FONTAINE DE MEOBRENNE	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	1	MEOBECQ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 482 2023: 361 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 360 (2012) → 361 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 361 (2023): -10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 13.4 % second homes and 19.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 7.6 km WFood shop — 8.3 km NWPharmacy — 10.9 km S 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 (Méobecq): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vendœuvres): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Migné): 7.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gaultier): 10.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Méobecq): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 44.6

Muggy days a summer 3

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

Measured at the ROSNAY weather station, 12.9 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 121 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROSNAY, 12.9 km away at 109 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NEUILLAY, 6.6 km away at 121 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 — 36118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36232
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36192
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
Gourdon	06	549 km SE	367	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Nuits	89	239 km NE	362	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Le Ribay	53	228 km NW	463	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux	21	280 km E	385	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Carisey	89	226 km NE	377	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguilhe	33	232 km SW	376	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Carisey	89	226 km NE	377	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Le Ribay	53	228 km NW	463	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguilhe	33	232 km SW	376	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nuits	89	239 km NE	362	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux	21	280 km E	385	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Gourdon	06	549 km SE	367	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · 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 Méobecq'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
Nuits	89	239 km NE	362	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Carisey	89	226 km NE	377	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Cayrols	15	221 km S	297	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chassignelles	89	238 km NE	289	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse	86	59 km NW	462	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais	86	117 km W	354	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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