Saint-Genou

Indre · CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne · INSEE 36194

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

Partly served 49.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Genou (INSEE 36194) is in Indre (36), part of CC Val de l'Indre - Brenne. Population 911 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/36194-saint-genou

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 14,895 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.36	10	3.55
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE CHARRAULT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE RABELAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE GIROUARD MAUBANT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENOU). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE CHARRAULT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE RABELAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCOIS RABELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE GIROUARD MAUBANT	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 GENOU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 1,290 2023: 911 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,007 (2012) → 911 (2023): -9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,065 (1990) → 911 (2023): -14.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 595, of which 13.6 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.5 km NWGP — 8.1 km W 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-Genou): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Palluau-sur-Indre): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Clion): 8.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Genou): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Genou): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.3

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 7.1 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 105 m. ^[11]

The village sits 56 m below 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 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MURS, 12.9 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PELLEVOISIN, 7.1 km away at 161 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 — 36194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36055
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
La Ronde	17	178 km W	997	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Ferrette	68	456 km E	864	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet	30	369 km SE	1,218	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Sail-sous-Couzan	42	242 km SE	997	48.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Savin	86	54 km SW	816	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Igé	71	266 km E	897	48.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Savin	86	54 km SW	816	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
La Ronde	17	178 km W	997	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Sail-sous-Couzan	42	242 km SE	997	48.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Igé	71	266 km E	897	48.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet	30	369 km SE	1,218	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrette	68	456 km E	864	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Genou'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
Hiersac	16	174 km SW	1,142	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Pouilly-lès-Feurs	42	255 km SE	1,231	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Yvoire	74	386 km E	1,046	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément-des-Levées	49	124 km W	1,128	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Larchant	77	178 km NE	730	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu-sur-Layon	49	152 km W	1,345	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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