Le Poinçonnet

Indre · CA Châteauroux Métropole · INSEE 36159

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

Partly served 51.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Poinçonnet (INSEE 36159) is in Indre (36), part of CA Châteauroux Métropole. Population 5,855 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36159-le-poinconnet

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 4,039 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.68	20	13.54
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.77	10	7.73
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FORET DES GOURMANDISES · ATELIERS GOURMAND DE JENIE · LEONIDAS · LE FOURNIL DU POINCONNET). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU GOUT FERMIER · LA ROBINERIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (AUCHAN). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (EURL IL CARRETINO · LE RELAIS DES SENS · L'ADRESSE · MEILLEUR SIECLE · AMERICAN CITY). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE BON COIN · AU BON COIN). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCOIS RABELAIS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NURAN KINAY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FORET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SAINT ALGUE · FIGURA-TIF' · L'ATELIER 41 · AGNES K.KOIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (SURE HOTEL BY BEST WESTERN). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LA FORET DES GOURMANDISES · ATELIERS GOURMAND DE JENIE · LEONIDAS · LE FOURNIL DU POINCONNET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	AU GOUT FERMIER · LA ROBINERIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	AUCHAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	EURL IL CARRETINO · LE RELAIS DES SENS · L'ADRESSE · MEILLEUR SIECLE · AMERICAN CITY	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE BON COIN · AU BON COIN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCOIS RABELAIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	NURAN KINAY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA FORET	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	6	COIFFURE SAINT ALGUE · FIGURA-TIF' · L'ATELIER 41 · AGNES K.KOIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	SURE HOTEL BY BEST WESTERN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday à partir de 7 h et jusqu'à 13 h sur le parking situé derrière l'Espace rencontres Mis et Thiennot. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,551 2023: 5,855 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,813 (2012) → 5,855 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 4,600 (1990) → 5,855 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,866, of which 1.8 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Le Poinçonnet): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Poinçonnet): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Poinçonnet): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Poinçonnet): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Poinçonnet): 0.1 km to the east (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, 3 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHATEAUROUX DEOLS, 11.8 km away at 158 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUROUX, 3 km away at 161 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-lepoinconnet.fr/le-marche.html— “Un marché a lieu tous les dimanches au Poinçonnet, à partir de 7 h et jusqu'à 13 h, sur le parking situé derrière l'Espace rencontres Mis et Thiennot.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36159
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
Peypin	13	483 km SE	5,771	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-de-Pile	33	247 km SW	5,955	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Boé	47	302 km S	5,846	66.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Fenouillet	31	344 km S	5,784	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Benfeld	67	476 km NE	5,973	61.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Parmain	95	264 km N	5,655	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Denis-de-Pile	33	247 km SW	5,955	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Parmain	95	264 km N	5,655	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Boé	47	302 km S	5,846	66.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Fenouillet	31	344 km S	5,784	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Benfeld	67	476 km NE	5,973	61.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Peypin	13	483 km SE	5,771	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Le Poinçonnet'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
Maule	78	239 km N	6,083	56.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marsannay-la-Côte	21	254 km E	5,433	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mutzig	67	473 km NE	6,087	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy	71	237 km E	6,410	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mundolsheim	67	495 km NE	5,322	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sury-le-Comtal	42	234 km SE	6,621	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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