Mosnay

Indre · CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse · INSEE 36131

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mosnay (INSEE 36131) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 459 (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/36131-mosnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,936 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.36
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

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

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ MAG). ^[4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	CHEZ MAG	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	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	MOSNAY LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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: 435 peak 2012: 482 2023: 459 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 482 (2012) → 459 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 443 (1990) → 459 (2023): 3.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 9.4 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km EFood shop — 7.3 km NPharmacy — 7.3 km NGP — 7.6 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 (Bouesse): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Velles): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Velles): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Velles): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mosnay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 47.8

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TENDU_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TENDU_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TENDU_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 155 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 — 36131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36131
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
Manglieu	63	174 km SE	467	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Verosvres	71	217 km E	423	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	61 km NW	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bresnay	03	126 km E	386	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vautorte	53	263 km NW	607	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Goutrens	12	249 km S	492	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	61 km NW	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bresnay	03	126 km E	386	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Manglieu	63	174 km SE	467	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Verosvres	71	217 km E	423	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Goutrens	12	249 km S	492	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Vautorte	53	263 km NW	607	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · 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 Mosnay'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
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	61 km NW	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bresnay	03	126 km E	386	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Charnizay	37	59 km NW	461	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Berneuil	87	73 km SW	418	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sorbier	03	158 km E	318	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Rancon	87	64 km SW	475	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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