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Paudy

Indre · CC du Pays d'Issoudun · INSEE 36152

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Paudy (INSEE 36152) is in Indre (36), part of CC du Pays d'Issoudun. Population 437 (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/36152-paudy

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,936 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.48104.82
Housing mix0.7953.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES DELICES DE PAUDY). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

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

1 × Library (MAISON DES TILLEULS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CCB COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LES DELICES DE PAUDYINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PAUDY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MAISON DES TILLEULSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CCB COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 697 2023: 437 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 486 (2012) → 437 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 445 (1990) → 437 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 10.5 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmFood shop — 7.2 km SE (Les Bordes)GP — 8.6 km SE (Sainte-Lizaigne)Bakery — 9.1 km NW (Vatan)Pharmacy — 10.8 km NE (Reuilly)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 7.2 km SEGP — 8.6 km SEBakery — 9.1 km NWPharmacy — 10.8 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 (Vatan): 9.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Les Bordes): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Sainte-Lizaigne): 8.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Reuilly): 10.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Paudy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [12]

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the REUILLY weather station, 9.2 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 151 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at REUILLY, 9.2 km away at 155 m, over 16 summers. [13]

An average of 667 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at REUILLY, 9.2 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36152/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36152/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36152/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36152/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36230
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36021
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36199
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36171
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36152
  13. 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
Villequiers1867 km E43727.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chenevelles86102 km W43528.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Salsigne11414 km S40028.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Bouligney70338 km E40128.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Voussac03118 km SE49430.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Jenzat03138 km SE51729.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villequiers1867 km E43727.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chenevelles86102 km W43528.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Voussac03118 km SE49430.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Jenzat03138 km SE51729.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bouligney70338 km E40128.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Salsigne11414 km S40028.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Paudy'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
Villequiers1867 km E43727.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chenevelles86102 km W43528.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Voussac03118 km SE49430.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Plottes71232 km E55826.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu-sur-Oudon53244 km NW48331.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy0398 km SE35428.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %