Saint-Chartier

Indre · CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère · INSEE 36184

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Chartier (INSEE 36184) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. Population 458 (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/36184-saint-chartier

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,923 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.36
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MOREAU-TAUDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT BONHEUR). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	MOREAU-TAUDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE P'TIT BONHEUR	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)	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	SAINT CHARTIER 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		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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 683 2023: 458 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 574 (2012) → 458 (2023): -20.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 548 (1990) → 458 (2023): -16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 9 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.5 km NFood shop — 1.8 km WPharmacy — 6.9 km SGP — 7.5 km S 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 (Saint-Chartier): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nohant-Vic): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Châtre): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montgivray): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Chartier): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTGIVRAY weather station, 4.2 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 192 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 4.2 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTGIVRAY, 4.2 km away at 204 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36184/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36184/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36184/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36184/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36184
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36127
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
Berjou	61	306 km NW	417	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Matton-et-Clémency	08	412 km NE	424	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	147 km S	480	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	269 km SE	495	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-la-Resle	89	187 km NE	572	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dangu	27	290 km N	527	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	147 km S	480	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-la-Resle	89	187 km NE	572	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	269 km SE	495	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Dangu	27	290 km N	527	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Berjou	61	306 km NW	417	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Matton-et-Clémency	08	412 km NE	424	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · 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 Saint-Chartier'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
Montigny-la-Resle	89	187 km NE	572	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Carisey	89	200 km NE	377	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Courgenard	72	191 km NW	454	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Loulans-Verchamp	70	333 km E	460	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rahon	39	268 km E	444	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lothain	39	280 km E	463	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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