Saint-Valentin

Indre · CC Champagne Boischauts · INSEE 36209

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

Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Valentin (INSEE 36209) is in Indre (36), part of CC Champagne Boischauts. Population 261 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36209-saint-valentin

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,386 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.43	10	4.29
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE PEYNET). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	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	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 VALENTIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE PEYNET	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	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

1968: 305 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 282 (2012) → 261 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 261 (2023): -7.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 155, of which 5.2 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.4 km SFood shop — 8.6 km NEPharmacy — 9.7 km EGP — 10.1 km E 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 (Neuvy-Pailloux): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Bordes): 8.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Issoudun): 10.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Issoudun): 9.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Valentin): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 70.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-VALENTIN weather station, 4.9 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 154 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA CHAMPENOISE, 7.2 km away at 177 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-VALENTIN, 4.9 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36209/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36209/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36209/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36209/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36209
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
Mollans	70	349 km E	244	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Esnouveaux	52	293 km NE	301	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Vaubecourt	55	327 km NE	312	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Rumigny	08	364 km NE	263	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 64 %
Voulaines-les-Templiers	21	240 km NE	270	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-sur-Blaise	52	287 km NE	336	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Voulaines-les-Templiers	21	240 km NE	270	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-sur-Blaise	52	287 km NE	336	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Esnouveaux	52	293 km NE	301	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Vaubecourt	55	327 km NE	312	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Mollans	70	349 km E	244	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rumigny	08	364 km NE	263	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 64 %

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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-Valentin'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
Mollans	70	349 km E	244	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Voulaines-les-Templiers	21	240 km NE	270	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-sur-Blaise	52	287 km NE	336	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Rouvres-en-Xaintois	88	347 km NE	259	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Poulangy	52	282 km NE	361	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ogéviller	54	404 km NE	276	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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