La Pérouille

Indre · CC Brenne - Val de Creuse · INSEE 36157

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Pérouille (INSEE 36157) is in Indre (36), part of CC Brenne - Val de Creuse. Population 427 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 17,967 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	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.71
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 362 peak 2017: 457 2023: 427 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 449 (2012) → 427 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 427 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 9.9 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km NEGP — 4.7 km NEFood shop — 9.8 km SWPharmacy — 9.9 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 (Luant): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gaultier): 9.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luant): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gaultier): 9.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Pérouille): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 47.8

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TENDU_SAPC weather station, 7.3 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 157 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at TENDU_SAPC, 7.3 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TENDU_SAPC, 7.3 km away at 155 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 — 36157/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36157/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36157/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36157/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36157
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
Cauzac	47	275 km S	420	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Julien-du-Puy	81	331 km S	447	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Gauthier	27	266 km N	406	19.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Grézet-Cavagnan	47	280 km SW	409	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-Delnous	12	305 km S	391	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Gein	40	349 km SW	409	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Gauthier	27	266 km N	406	19.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cauzac	47	275 km S	420	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Grézet-Cavagnan	47	280 km SW	409	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-Delnous	12	305 km S	391	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Julien-du-Puy	81	331 km S	447	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gein	40	349 km SW	409	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %

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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 La Pérouille'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
Pérignac	16	177 km SW	495	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ligny-en-Brionnais	71	211 km E	375	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Villegouin	36	31 km N	325	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Continvoir	37	124 km NW	469	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cudot	89	190 km NE	395	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cuhon	86	108 km W	377	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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