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Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre

Indre · CC du Val de Bouzanne · INSEE 36141

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre (INSEE 36141) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Val de Bouzanne. Population 1,623 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/36141-neuvy-saint-sepulchre

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 11,050 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 food0.472511.83
Social0.782015.5
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.44104.43
Housing mix0.8354.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE BERRICHONNE). [3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PANIER SYMPA ALAN · L'ETAL PAYSAN). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ELGATAN). [3]

5 × Restaurant (SUR LE POUCE - LA PAILLOTTE · L'ARCADE · LA PAILL'OTE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB GPE SYLVAIN LURET). [3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE VINCENT ROTINAT). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE RUIZ, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BOYEZ, MÉDECIN · GERMAIN PORTIER, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC GARNIER, MÉDECIN · KAMEL BENHAMADI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE NEUVY). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL B CHAUSSE ET CENTRE SPORTIF ET SOCIOCULTUREL). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (LAETITIA · AQUARELLE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (LA CHARRETTE). [3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1CHARCUTERIE BERRICHONNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2PANIER SYMPA ALAN · L'ETAL PAYSANINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket1ELGATANINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant5SUR LE POUCE - LA PAILLOTTE · L'ARCADE · LA PAILL'OTEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB GPE SYLVAIN LURETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN GUILLEBAUDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE VINCENT ROTINATINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5CHRISTOPHE RUIZ, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BOYEZ, MÉDECIN · GERMAIN PORTIER, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC GARNIER, MÉDECIN · KAMEL BENHAMADI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE NEUVYINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1STADE MUNICIPAL B CHAUSSE ET CENTRE SPORTIF ET SOCIOCULTURELINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4LAETITIA · AQUARELLEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1LA CHARRETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPALINSEE 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: 1,804 peak 1982: 1,819 2023: 1,623 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,663 (2012) → 1,623 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,722 (1990) → 1,623 (2023): -5.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,076, of which 8.7 % second homes and 16 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 0.6 km SE (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre)Bakery — 7.2 km SW (Cluis)Pharmacy — 7.3 km SW (Cluis)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km SEBakery — 7.2 km SWPharmacy — 7.3 km SW 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 (Cluis): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Cluis): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the JEU-LES-BOIS-AUTO weather station, 7.3 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 184 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at JEU-LES-BOIS-AUTO, 7.3 km away at 185 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NEUVY-ST-SEP., 0.7 km away at 211 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36141/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36141/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36141/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36141/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36056
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36141
  10. 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
Olonzac34375 km S1,69364ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Prémery58133 km NE1,73450.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Église50417 km NW1,76558.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Chinon (Ville)58170 km E1,77060.5ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Monestier-de-Clermont38351 km SE1,47862.5ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Baugy1888 km NE1,59857.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Baugy1888 km NE1,59857.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Prémery58133 km NE1,73450.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Chinon (Ville)58170 km E1,77060.5ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Monestier-de-Clermont38351 km SE1,47862.5ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Olonzac34375 km S1,69364ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Pierre-Église50417 km NW1,76558.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 46 % · 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 Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre'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
Baugy1888 km NE1,59857.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Château-la-Vallière37154 km NW1,73457.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Champeix63152 km SE1,42262.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Bletterans39279 km E1,52865.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bracieux41108 km N1,34359.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Fargeau89151 km NE1,43960.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %