Saint-Marcel

Indre · CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse · INSEE 36200

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Marcel (INSEE 36200) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 1,514 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/36200-saint-marcel

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 20 % of the 11,565 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.4	10	3.97
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DES MERSANS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CALFO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES MERSANS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BLONDET - ROBIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SAINT-MARCEL BIBLIOTHÈQUE GUILLAUME BUDÉ). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE PASSION). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE PRIEURE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DES MERSANS	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	1	CALFO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LES MERSANS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BLONDET - ROBIN	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 MARCEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SAINT-MARCEL BIBLIOTHÈQUE GUILLAUME BUDÉ	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	COIFFURE PASSION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE PRIEURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,668 peak 1990: 1,687 2023: 1,514 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,572 (2012) → 1,514 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,687 (1990) → 1,514 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,035, of which 9.9 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km NWPharmacy — 0.6 km NWGP — 1.3 km SE 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-Marcel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Argenton-sur-Creuse): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Marcel): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARGENTON weather station, 3.2 km away at 178 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARGENTON, 3.2 km away at 178 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARGENTON, 3.2 km away at 178 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36200/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36200/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36200/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36200/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36006
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
Dampierre-les-Bois	25	421 km E	1,615	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Sault-lès-Rethel	08	386 km NE	1,900	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Pocé-sur-Cisse	37	102 km NW	1,711	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Mus	30	382 km SE	1,646	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Monsempron-Libos	47	239 km S	2,122	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Montferrand-le-Château	25	340 km E	2,180	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pocé-sur-Cisse	37	102 km NW	1,711	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Monsempron-Libos	47	239 km S	2,122	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Montferrand-le-Château	25	340 km E	2,180	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Mus	30	382 km SE	1,646	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Sault-lès-Rethel	08	386 km NE	1,900	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-les-Bois	25	421 km E	1,615	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · 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-Marcel'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
Saint-Martin-d'Abbat	45	151 km N	1,851	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Loisin	74	369 km E	1,768	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Trévenans	90	419 km E	1,310	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pêchereau	36	4.1 km SE	1,744	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bergheim	68	475 km NE	2,069	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Mareil-sur-Mauldre	78	256 km N	1,776	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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