Rouvres-les-Bois

Indre · CC Levroux Boischaut Champagne · INSEE 36175

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rouvres-les-Bois (INSEE 36175) is in Indre (36), part of CC Levroux Boischaut Champagne. Population 281 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36175-rouvres-les-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,659 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.24	10	2.38
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ROUVRES LES BOIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'ANNE-SO). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 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	2	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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	1	ROUVRES LES BOIS 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	LES CISEAUX D'ANNE-SO	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: 559 2023: 281 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 312 (2012) → 281 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 381 (1990) → 281 (2023): -26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 18.1 % second homes and 20.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km SFood shop — 9.1 km NGP — 9.1 km NPharmacy — 9.1 km N 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 (Bouges-le-Château): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Poulaines): 9.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Poulaines): 9.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Poulaines): 9.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rouvres-les-Bois): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 48

Muggy days a summer 2

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GUILLY weather station, 7.4 km away at 135 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GUILLY, 7.4 km away at 135 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GUILLY, 7.4 km away at 135 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 — 36175/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36175/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36175/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36175/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36175
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
Montaigu-le-Blin	03	166 km SE	300	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Tournecoupe	32	363 km S	262	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 %
Curan	12	333 km S	307	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Orliac-de-Bar	19	190 km S	256	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Champs-Romain	24	184 km S	291	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Terraube	32	362 km S	352	24	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montaigu-le-Blin	03	166 km SE	300	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Champs-Romain	24	184 km S	291	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Orliac-de-Bar	19	190 km S	256	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Curan	12	333 km S	307	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Terraube	32	362 km S	352	24	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %
Tournecoupe	32	363 km S	262	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Rouvres-les-Bois'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
Champs-Romain	24	184 km S	291	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cossé-en-Champagne	53	180 km NW	299	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jalognes	18	87 km E	264	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Agonges	03	125 km SE	300	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny	18	80 km E	316	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montjean	16	161 km SW	237	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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