Saint-Michel-en-Brenne
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Michel-en-Brenne (INSEE 36204) is in Indre (36), part of CC Coeur de Brenne. Population 313 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 22 % of the 17,885 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 4.05 |
| Housing mix | 0.43 | 5 | 2.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT CYRAN). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE SAINT CYRAN | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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
Population 323 (2012) → 313 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 346 (1990) → 313 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 28.4 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mézières-en-Brenne): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mézières-en-Brenne): 4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Mézières-en-Brenne): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mézières-en-Brenne): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Mézières-en-Brenne): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the MARTIZAY weather station, 9.1 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 84 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MURS, 13.1 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. [9]
That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MEZIERES, 3.7 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36204/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36204/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36204/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36204/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36123
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marles-sur-Canche | 62 | 409 km N | 314 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Michel-Escalus | 40 | 375 km SW | 332 | 21.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 % |
| Néons-sur-Creuse | 36 | 19 km W | 351 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Babeau-Bouldoux | 34 | 399 km S | 309 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cahuzac | 47 | 243 km S | 308 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 % |
| Saint-Martin-des-Olmes | 63 | 248 km SE | 313 | 28.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 11 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Néons-sur-Creuse | 36 | 19 km W | 351 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cahuzac | 47 | 243 km S | 308 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 % |
| Saint-Martin-des-Olmes | 63 | 248 km SE | 313 | 28.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 11 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Michel-Escalus | 40 | 375 km SW | 332 | 21.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 % |
| Babeau-Bouldoux | 34 | 399 km S | 309 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
| Marles-sur-Canche | 62 | 409 km N | 314 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 65 % · 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-Michel-en-Brenne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audrix | 24 | 215 km S | 287 | 30.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Branceilles | 19 | 204 km S | 279 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prémeyzel | 01 | 367 km E | 244 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Liourdres | 19 | 214 km S | 271 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Andert-et-Condon | 01 | 363 km E | 348 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Touille | 31 | 415 km S | 245 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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