Montchevrier

Indre · CC de la Marche Berrichonne · INSEE 36126

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

Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montchevrier (INSEE 36126) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Marche Berrichonne. Population 446 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/36126-montchevrier

Vitality score

Vitality score 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,916 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.21	10	2.07
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTCHEVRIER). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	MONTCHEVRIER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTCHEVRIER	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	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: 987 2023: 446 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 484 (2012) → 446 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 631 (1990) → 446 (2023): -29.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 402, of which 22.9 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.6 km WFood shop — 4.7 km WBakery — 4.8 km WGP — 4.8 km WPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Orsennes): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orsennes): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Orsennes): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cluis): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Orsennes): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 2

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORSENNES weather station, 6.1 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 347 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 6.1 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ORSENNES, 6.1 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

56 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 49,000 € — 595 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36056
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Parlan	15	187 km S	475	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Eyburie	19	114 km S	486	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Moussac	86	84 km W	436	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Franchesse	03	100 km E	449	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Folles	87	46 km SW	439	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Bord-Saint-Georges	23	49 km SE	368	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Folles	87	46 km SW	439	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Bord-Saint-Georges	23	49 km SE	368	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Moussac	86	84 km W	436	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Franchesse	03	100 km E	449	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Eyburie	19	114 km S	486	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Parlan	15	187 km S	475	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Montchevrier'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
Parlan	15	187 km S	475	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Franchesse	03	100 km E	449	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	71	215 km E	378	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Berneuil	87	67 km SW	418	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gizeux	37	155 km NW	382	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	198 km E	406	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36126-montchevrier