Mérigny

Indre · CC Brenne - Val de Creuse · INSEE 36119

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

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mérigny (INSEE 36119) is in Indre (36), part of CC Brenne - Val de Creuse. Population 545 (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/36119-merigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,551 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.68
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O P'TIT MERIGNOIS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU CHAMP DE LA CURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	O P'TIT MERIGNOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	MERIGNY 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 MUNICIPAL DU CHAMP DE LA CURE	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: 767 2023: 545 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 546 (2012) → 545 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 563 (1990) → 545 (2023): -3.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 394, of which 22.3 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.6 km NEBakery — 7.8 km EGP — 8.3 km NWPharmacy — 8.7 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 (Pouligny-Saint-Pierre): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontgombault): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Savin): 8.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Mérigny): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.4

Days at or below 0 °C 38.9

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LE BLANC weather station, 11.2 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BLANC-ARCI, 12.3 km away at 108 m, over 17 summers. ^[13]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LE BLANC, 11.2 km away at 117 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36119/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36119/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36119/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36119/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36119
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
Rosnay	36	23 km E	524	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Boissy-lès-Perche	28	229 km N	497	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Lüe	40	306 km SW	621	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Rigny-Ussé	37	84 km NW	512	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Vallery	89	240 km NE	575	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chamaret	26	396 km SE	542	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rosnay	36	23 km E	524	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Rigny-Ussé	37	84 km NW	512	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Boissy-lès-Perche	28	229 km N	497	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Vallery	89	240 km NE	575	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lüe	40	306 km SW	621	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Chamaret	26	396 km SE	542	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Mérigny'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
Talissieu	01	378 km E	508	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris	26	357 km SE	424	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Panossas	38	346 km E	696	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Planioles	46	238 km S	554	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat	24	211 km S	586	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chânes	71	296 km E	530	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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