Oulches

Indre · CC Brenne - Val de Creuse · INSEE 36148

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

No daily shops 16.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oulches (INSEE 36148) is in Indre (36), part of CC Brenne - Val de Creuse. Population 424 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36148-oulches

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 17,961 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.3	10	3.03
Housing mix	0.37	5	1.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE - OULCHES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CATHY MAUDUIT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	OULCHES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE - OULCHES	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	1	CATHY MAUDUIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 676 2023: 424 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 411 (2012) → 424 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 528 (1990) → 424 (2023): -19.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 331, of which 31.7 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km NWGP — 9.2 km EFood shop — 10.3 km EPharmacy — 10.3 km E 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 (Ciron): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gaultier): 10.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Gaultier): 9.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gaultier): 10.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Oulches): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 44.6

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROSNAY weather station, 10.5 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ROSNAY, 10.5 km away at 109 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROSNAY, 10.5 km away at 109 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 — 36148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36148
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
Trémel	22	429 km NW	409	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Denis-lès-Martel	46	188 km S	333	12.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Paul-sur-Isère	73	412 km E	543	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Muret-le-Château	12	256 km SE	350	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau-d'Aude	11	392 km S	497	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Verrières	61	202 km N	408	12	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Denis-lès-Martel	46	188 km S	333	12.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %
Verrières	61	202 km N	408	12	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Muret-le-Château	12	256 km SE	350	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau-d'Aude	11	392 km S	497	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Paul-sur-Isère	73	412 km E	543	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Trémel	22	429 km NW	409	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Oulches'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
Muret-le-Château	12	256 km SE	350	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Nohain	58	153 km NE	375	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Loches-sur-Ource	10	291 km NE	350	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vornay	18	106 km NE	584	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Trézelles	03	179 km E	391	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Billy-sur-Oisy	58	187 km NE	381	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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