Palluau-sur-Indre

Indre · CC du Châtillonnais en Berry · INSEE 36149

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Palluau-sur-Indre (INSEE 36149) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Châtillonnais en Berry. Population 785 (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 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 15,759 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.67
Housing mix	0.43	5	2.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COMMERCE DE NANIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT LAURENT). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE J-B FRANQUELIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PALLUAU SUR INDRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE COMMERCE DE NANIE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT LAURENT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE J-B FRANQUELIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	PALLUAU SUR INDRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		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: 1,154 2023: 785 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 759 (2012) → 785 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 905 (1990) → 785 (2023): -13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 572, of which 28.5 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.3 km SEBakery — 2.4 km SEGP — 6.2 km W 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 (Saint-Genou): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Palluau-sur-Indre): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Clion): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Genou): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Palluau-sur-Indre): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 7.8 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MURS, 11.3 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PELLEVOISIN, 7.8 km away at 161 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 — 36149/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36149/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36149/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36149/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36055
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
Pinsac	46	233 km S	769	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-la-Campagne	27	244 km N	845	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Monteaux	41	62 km N	729	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Marcilly-en-Gault	41	72 km NE	754	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Piffonds	89	185 km NE	582	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Rustrel	84	467 km SE	672	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monteaux	41	62 km N	729	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Marcilly-en-Gault	41	72 km NE	754	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Piffonds	89	185 km NE	582	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Pinsac	46	233 km S	769	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-la-Campagne	27	244 km N	845	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Rustrel	84	467 km SE	672	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · 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 Palluau-sur-Indre'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
Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt	85	224 km W	846	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ourouer-les-Bourdelins	18	112 km E	603	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chaintreaux	77	180 km NE	821	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Rosnay	36	28 km S	524	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mers-sur-Indre	36	54 km SE	659	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Moulis	09	443 km S	794	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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