Préaux

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36166

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

No daily shops 15.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Préaux (INSEE 36166) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 172 (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 15.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 15,091 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.26	10	2.58
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE L INDROIS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 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	1	AUBERGE DE L INDROIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	PREAUX 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	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: 378 2023: 172 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 160 (2012) → 172 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 172 (2023): -24.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 19.7 % second homes and 21.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 7.8 km NEPrimary school — 7.8 km NEGP — 7.9 km NEBakery — 8.1 km NEPharmacy — 8.1 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 (Écueillé): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Écueillé): 7.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Écueillé): 7.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Écueillé): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Écueillé): 7.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 10.1 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MURS, 14.2 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ECUEILLE, 7.4 km away at 164 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36166/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36166/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36166/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36166/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36069
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
Valence	16	147 km SW	192	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Longré	16	151 km SW	193	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Thorey-sur-Ouche	21	258 km E	148	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Gurat	16	194 km SW	186	21	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Géraud-de-Corps	24	244 km S	202	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Languimberg	57	457 km NE	155	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valence	16	147 km SW	192	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Longré	16	151 km SW	193	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gurat	16	194 km SW	186	21	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Géraud-de-Corps	24	244 km S	202	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Thorey-sur-Ouche	21	258 km E	148	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Languimberg	57	457 km NE	155	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Préaux'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
Valence	16	147 km SW	192	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Longré	16	151 km SW	193	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cressy-sur-Somme	71	199 km E	175	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Brugnac	47	293 km S	180	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Prinçay	86	80 km W	201	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lhoumois	79	113 km W	157	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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