Sarzay
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sarzay (INSEE 36210) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. Population 301 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 17,841 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.72 | 5 | 3.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TARTINE BERRICHONNE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (PIZZA DU PONDERON). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA VALLEE NOIRE). [4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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) | 1 | LA TARTINE BERRICHONNE | 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 | 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 | PIZZA DU PONDERON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA VALLEE NOIRE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 325 (2012) → 301 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 319 (1990) → 301 (2023): -5.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 13.9 % second homes and 19.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sarzay): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Magny): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Châtre): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Montgivray): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Tranzault): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the MONTGIVRAY weather station, 5.4 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 218 m. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 5.4 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. [13]
An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at MONTGIVRAY, 5.4 km away at 204 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
What property sold for
26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 62,500 € — 647 € per m² of built surface. [14]
The median across Indre is 880 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [14]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36210/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36210/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36210/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36210/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36210
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36109
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36046
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36127
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36226
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Monts-Verts | 48 | 219 km SE | 313 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 4 % |
| Cazevieille | 34 | 348 km SE | 233 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Champrepus | 50 | 346 km NW | 322 | 27.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charentonnay | 18 | 95 km NE | 282 | 26 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Feuillade | 16 | 156 km SW | 283 | 22.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Torchamp | 61 | 291 km NW | 291 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charentonnay | 18 | 95 km NE | 282 | 26 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Feuillade | 16 | 156 km SW | 283 | 22.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Monts-Verts | 48 | 219 km SE | 313 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 4 % |
| Torchamp | 61 | 291 km NW | 291 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champrepus | 50 | 346 km NW | 322 | 27.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cazevieille | 34 | 348 km SE | 233 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · 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 Sarzay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feuillade | 16 | 156 km SW | 283 | 22.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fougerolles | 36 | 5.1 km SW | 349 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grassac | 16 | 162 km SW | 308 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gournay | 36 | 13 km W | 278 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méhers | 41 | 88 km NW | 303 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Amanzé | 71 | 181 km E | 196 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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