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Murs

Indre · CC du Châtillonnais en Berry · INSEE 36136

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Murs (INSEE 36136) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Châtillonnais en Berry. Population 119 (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/36136-murs

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 12,100 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.29102.93
Housing mix0.6253.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 260 2023: 119 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 134 (2012) → 119 (2023): -11.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 150 (1990) → 119 (2023): -20.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 18.9 % second homes and 17.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 6.2 km NE (Clion)Food shop — 6.2 km NE (Clion)Pharmacy — 6.3 km NE (Clion)GP — 6.4 km NE (Clion)Primary school — 6.5 km NE (Clion)
Bakery — 6.2 km NEFood shop — 6.2 km NEPharmacy — 6.3 km NEGP — 6.4 km NEPrimary school — 6.5 km NE 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 (Clion): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Clion): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Clion): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Clion): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Clion): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MURS weather station, 1.3 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 127 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at MURS, 1.3 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. [9]

An average of 732 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MURS, 1.3 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36136/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36136/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36136/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36136/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36055
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Ventrouze61192 km N1208.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bosroger23132 km SE11815.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
Verneiges23115 km SE11915.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Bost23102 km SE1196.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Méhoudin61211 km NW12112.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Les Charmontois51366 km NE1196.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pierre-le-Bost23102 km SE1196.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Verneiges23115 km SE11915.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Bosroger23132 km SE11815.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
La Ventrouze61192 km N1208.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Méhoudin61211 km NW12112.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Les Charmontois51366 km NE1196.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · 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 Murs'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villebout41120 km N1187.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Dampvalley-lès-Colombe70392 km E1188.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Magdeleine16127 km SW1188.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Giroux3659 km E1218.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Trie24180 km S1159No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Marillet85142 km W12310No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %