Saint-Plantaire

Indre · CC de la Marche Berrichonne · INSEE 36207

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Plantaire (INSEE 36207) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Marche Berrichonne. Population 601 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36207-saint-plantaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,050 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.49	10	4.93
Housing mix	0.17	5	0.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI MARCHOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA GAMELLE 36). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA PIERRE LA). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PLANTAIRE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU LAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE FOUGERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPI MARCHOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA GAMELLE 36	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA PIERRE LA	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	1	SAINT PLANTAIRE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU LAC	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE FOUGERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 891 2023: 601 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 562 (2012) → 601 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 605 (1990) → 601 (2023): -0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 543, of which 41.3 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 2.3 km NGP — 2.3 km NFood shop — 2.4 km NPharmacy — 11.3 km NE 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-Plantaire): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orsennes): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Orsennes): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cluis): 11.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Orsennes): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ORSENNES weather station, 1 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 319 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ORSENNES, 1 km away at 315 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ORSENNES, 1 km away at 315 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 — 36207/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36207/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36207/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36207/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36056
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
Simiane-la-Rotonde	04	411 km SE	609	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
La Côte-Saint-Didier	42	183 km SE	520	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Reffuveille	50	323 km NW	550	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-de-Mandailles	12	234 km SE	565	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Écuras	16	121 km SW	579	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Brassy	58	194 km NE	603	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écuras	16	121 km SW	579	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Côte-Saint-Didier	42	183 km SE	520	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Brassy	58	194 km NE	603	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-de-Mandailles	12	234 km SE	565	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Reffuveille	50	323 km NW	550	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Simiane-la-Rotonde	04	411 km SE	609	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Plantaire'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
Crozant	23	8.4 km SW	431	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Marval	87	114 km SW	499	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Champagnat	23	68 km SE	461	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vesdun	18	59 km E	540	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mayres	07	275 km SE	262	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Montchevrier	36	6.0 km NE	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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