Mers-sur-Indre

Indre · CC du Val de Bouzanne · INSEE 36120

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

Partly served 51/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mers-sur-Indre (INSEE 36120) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Val de Bouzanne. Population 659 (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/36120-mers-sur-indre

Vitality score

Vitality score 51/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 16,687 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.94	10	9.36
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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) (AU PETIT PAIN TRIOMPHANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MELANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT BAR DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MERS SUR INDRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PETIT PAIN TRIOMPHANT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MELANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE PETIT BAR DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN	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	MERS SUR INDRE 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 565 peak 2012: 662 2023: 659 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 662 (2012) → 659 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 459 (1990) → 659 (2023): 43.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 375, of which 21.1 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 9.2 km SWPharmacy — 10.1 km N 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 (Mers-sur-Indre): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mers-sur-Indre): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre): 9.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ardentes): 10.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mers-sur-Indre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.1

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the JEU-LES-BOIS-AUTO weather station, 6.3 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at JEU-LES-BOIS-AUTO, 6.3 km away at 185 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 748 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at JEU-LES-BOIS-AUTO, 6.3 km away at 185 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 — 36120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36005
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
Cruis	04	423 km SE	655	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Angel	19	131 km S	702	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Laurière	87	72 km SW	525	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Saou	26	334 km SE	590	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Mouliherne	49	167 km NW	836	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Garnat-sur-Engièvre	03	136 km E	653	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laurière	87	72 km SW	525	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Angel	19	131 km S	702	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Garnat-sur-Engièvre	03	136 km E	653	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mouliherne	49	167 km NW	836	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saou	26	334 km SE	590	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Cruis	04	423 km SE	655	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 4 % · 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 Mers-sur-Indre'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
Clémont	18	106 km N	687	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Bastide-sur-l'Hers	09	412 km S	676	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Ourouer-les-Bourdelins	18	75 km NE	603	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marcolès	15	212 km S	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ygrande	03	82 km E	762	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses	89	143 km NE	700	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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