Sauzelles
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sauzelles (INSEE 36213) is in Indre (36), part of CC Brenne - Val de Creuse. Population 245 (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 9.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 17,145 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.11 |
| Housing mix | 0.78 | 5 | 3.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 235 (2012) → 245 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 269 (1990) → 245 (2023): -8.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 10.8 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pouligny-Saint-Pierre): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fontgombault): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Blanc): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Le Blanc): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Pouligny-Saint-Pierre): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LE BLANC weather station, 6.1 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 105 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BLANC-ARCI, 7.8 km away at 108 m, over 17 summers. [11]
An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LE BLANC, 6.1 km away at 117 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 — 36213/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36213/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36213/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36213/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36165
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36076
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36018
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mars-Vieux-Maisons | 77 | 289 km NE | 244 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Moutaret | 38 | 416 km E | 250 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 % |
| Sermesse | 71 | 312 km E | 247 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 % |
| Voissant | 38 | 386 km E | 246 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ougney-Douvot | 25 | 405 km E | 252 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 30 % |
| Bézu-le-Guéry | 02 | 309 km NE | 248 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mars-Vieux-Maisons | 77 | 289 km NE | 244 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bézu-le-Guéry | 02 | 309 km NE | 248 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sermesse | 71 | 312 km E | 247 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 % |
| Voissant | 38 | 386 km E | 246 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ougney-Douvot | 25 | 405 km E | 252 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 30 % |
| Le Moutaret | 38 | 416 km E | 250 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 % |
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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 Sauzelles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camboulit | 46 | 241 km S | 245 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rignac | 46 | 213 km S | 294 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Combefa | 81 | 302 km S | 206 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontenet | 17 | 140 km SW | 391 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lentillac-Saint-Blaise | 46 | 247 km S | 191 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vouharte | 16 | 118 km SW | 300 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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