Neuillay-les-Bois

Indre · CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne · INSEE 36139

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

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neuillay-les-Bois (INSEE 36139) is in Indre (36), part of CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne. Population 660 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 16,693 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.58	10	5.84
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.55

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

1 × Restaurant (LA PIZZ'A MARIE). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE CLAISE · NEUILLAY CAFE CHEZ MARIUS). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB DESIRE BAILLY). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NEUILLAY LES BOIS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE NEUILLAY LES BOIS). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (SANDRINE COIFFURE · LES P'TITS CISEAUX). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LA PIZZ'A MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	2	AUBERGE DE CLAISE · NEUILLAY CAFE CHEZ MARIUS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB DESIRE BAILLY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	NEUILLAY LES BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE NEUILLAY LES BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	SANDRINE COIFFURE · LES P'TITS CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 619 peak 2012: 680 2023: 660 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 680 (2012) → 660 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 609 (1990) → 660 (2023): 8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 408, of which 14.5 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.7 km SWGP — 7.2 km SEFood shop — 9.8 km NWPharmacy — 9.9 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 (Méobecq): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vendœuvres): 9.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luant): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Niherne): 9.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Neuillay-les-Bois): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Measured at the TENDU_SAPC weather station, 14.3 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 130 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at TENDU_SAPC, 14.3 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at NEUILLAY, 3.8 km away at 121 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36139/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36139/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36139/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36139/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36232
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36142
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36139
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
Ousson-sur-Loire	45	135 km NE	696	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Vaux-et-Chantegrue	25	364 km E	689	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Prunet	15	229 km S	683	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Les Mayons	83	542 km SE	625	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Gimel-les-Cascades	19	165 km S	755	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Marigny-Marmande	37	79 km W	601	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marigny-Marmande	37	79 km W	601	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Ousson-sur-Loire	45	135 km NE	696	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Gimel-les-Cascades	19	165 km S	755	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Prunet	15	229 km S	683	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Vaux-et-Chantegrue	25	364 km E	689	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Les Mayons	83	542 km SE	625	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Neuillay-les-Bois'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
Daon	53	194 km NW	543	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Thoury-Férottes	77	202 km NE	649	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Porcaro	56	305 km NW	743	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Luthenay-Uxeloup	58	136 km E	606	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mesland	41	87 km N	539	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Louans	37	72 km NW	709	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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