Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet (INSEE 36189) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Marche Berrichonne. Population 953 (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 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 14,595 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 | 0.71 | 25 | 17.74 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.94 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.72 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL FOURNIER DOMINIQUE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DENIS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT DENIS DE JOUHET AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | EURL FOURNIER DOMINIQUE | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PROXI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | PHARMACIE DENIS | 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 | SAINT DENIS DE JOUHET AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 946 (2012) → 953 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,200 (1990) → 953 (2023): -20.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 703, of which 12.8 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Crevant): 7.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre): 8.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MONTGIVRAY weather station, 11.9 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 270 m. [11]
The village sits 66 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 11.9 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 66 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 888 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CREVANT, 9.2 km away at 339 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 — 36189/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36189/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36189/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36189/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36060
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36189
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36141
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passais Villages | 61 | 296 km NW | 1,160 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Molières | 82 | 263 km S | 1,273 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Arnac-la-Poste | 87 | 48 km SW | 902 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verruyes | 79 | 165 km W | 900 | 45.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 % |
| Lonlay-l'Abbaye | 61 | 304 km NW | 1,123 | 40.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lye | 36 | 83 km N | 758 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnac-la-Poste | 87 | 48 km SW | 902 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lye | 36 | 83 km N | 758 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verruyes | 79 | 165 km W | 900 | 45.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 % |
| Molières | 82 | 263 km S | 1,273 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Passais Villages | 61 | 296 km NW | 1,160 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lonlay-l'Abbaye | 61 | 304 km NW | 1,123 | 40.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · 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-Denis-de-Jouhet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augerolles | 63 | 162 km SE | 862 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Meusnes | 41 | 85 km N | 1,013 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montpont-en-Bresse | 71 | 252 km E | 1,077 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Besson | 03 | 107 km E | 728 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Fay | 71 | 265 km E | 616 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Teillet | 81 | 302 km S | 458 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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