Niherne

Indre · CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne · INSEE 36142

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

Few services 39.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Niherne (INSEE 36142) is in Indre (36), part of CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne. Population 1,444 (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/36142-niherne

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 11,930 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.46	10	4.6
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BELLE VIANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PCS GASTRONOMIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU FIL DE L'INDRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MILOREV). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE ELLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE LOUIS TRIGAUD). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NIHERNE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (ESPACE CULTUREL BENJAMIN - MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'HARMONIE DES COULEURS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	LA BELLE VIANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PCS GASTRONOMIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	AU FIL DE L'INDRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	MILOREV	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)	1	PIERRE ELLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE LOUIS TRIGAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	NIHERNE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ESPACE CULTUREL BENJAMIN - MEDIATHEQUE 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	3	L'HARMONIE DES COULEURS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,091 peak 2017: 1,586 2023: 1,444 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,546 (2012) → 1,444 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,504 (1990) → 1,444 (2023): -4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 764, of which 1.4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.9 km NW 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 (Villedieu-sur-Indre): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Niherne): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Niherne): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Niherne): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Niherne): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.8

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHATEAUROUX weather station, 11 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHATEAUROUX DEOLS, 14.2 km away at 158 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHEZELLES, 7.7 km away at 165 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 — 36142/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36142/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36142/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36142/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36142
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
Champvans	39	295 km E	1,460	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Sebourg	59	420 km N	1,967	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Haye-Malherbe	27	269 km N	1,409	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Troissereux	60	297 km N	1,374	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne	62	434 km N	1,551	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Lérouville	55	369 km NE	1,358	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Haye-Malherbe	27	269 km N	1,409	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Champvans	39	295 km E	1,460	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Troissereux	60	297 km N	1,374	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lérouville	55	369 km NE	1,358	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Sebourg	59	420 km N	1,967	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne	62	434 km N	1,551	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 55 % · 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 Niherne'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
Villedômer	37	95 km NW	1,290	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Meursault	21	244 km E	1,363	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Maclas	42	291 km SE	1,868	72.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villefranche-d'Albigeois	81	332 km S	1,224	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bessay-sur-Allier	03	144 km E	1,382	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amant-Tallende	63	175 km SE	1,866	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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