Montgivray

Indre · CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère · INSEE 36127

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montgivray (INSEE 36127) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. Population 1,546 (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/36127-montgivray

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 11,390 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	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.43	10	4.31
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

4 × Restaurant (PATAPAIN · CASA ROMANA · LOLO PIZZ' · BERRY TRUCK). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE NAPOLEON). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE LYONNET MOISSINAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON D'OPHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU LION D'ARGENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL SOLANGE SAND). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale, 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	4	PATAPAIN · CASA ROMANA · LOLO PIZZ' · BERRY TRUCK	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE NAPOLEON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE LYONNET MOISSINAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE SALON D'OPHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU LION D'ARGENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL SOLANGE SAND	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: 1,479 peak 2012: 1,688 2023: 1,546 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,688 (2012) → 1,546 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,661 (1990) → 1,546 (2023): -6.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 961, of which 5.7 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.8 km SBakery — 2.0 km SFood shop — 2.2 km SGP — 2.4 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 (La Châtre): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Châtre): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Châtre): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montgivray): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montgivray): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTGIVRAY weather station, 1 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 197 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 1 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTGIVRAY, 1 km away at 204 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36127/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36127/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36127/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36127/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36127
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
Gonneville-Le Theil	50	424 km NW	1,513	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Brandivy	56	394 km W	1,466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Planchers	50	360 km NW	1,486	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
La Loubière	12	249 km S	1,573	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest	07	289 km SE	1,345	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Yves	17	240 km W	1,585	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Yves	17	240 km W	1,585	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
La Loubière	12	249 km S	1,573	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest	07	289 km SE	1,345	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Planchers	50	360 km NW	1,486	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Brandivy	56	394 km W	1,466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Gonneville-Le Theil	50	424 km NW	1,513	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 36 % · 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 Montgivray'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
La Motte-Saint-Jean	71	152 km E	1,170	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion	38	278 km SE	1,187	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Poligny	77	190 km N	825	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Oyeu	38	300 km SE	1,106	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chilly	74	313 km E	1,705	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Léré	18	118 km NE	1,110	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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