Sazeray

Indre · CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère · INSEE 36214

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

No daily shops 12.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sazeray (INSEE 36214) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. Population 291 (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/36214-sazeray

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 17,748 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.29	10	2.86
Housing mix	0.44	5	2.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE VALERIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	L'EPICERIE DE VALERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 607 2023: 291 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 291 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 370 (1990) → 291 (2023): -21.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 28 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 6.1 km SEGP — 6.3 km NBakery — 6.4 km NPharmacy — 6.5 km N 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 (Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sazeray): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Nouzerines): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.7

Days at or below 0 °C 52.4

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the STE-SEVERE weather station, 6.6 km away at 302 m; the village itself is at 393 m. ^[11]

The village sits 91 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STE-SEVERE, 6.6 km away at 302 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 — 36214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23146
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
Dyo	71	171 km E	325	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 55 %
Bozas	07	253 km SE	255	16.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Paulmy	37	111 km NW	238	13.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Lussas-et-Nontronneau	24	153 km SW	283	5.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Hotot-en-Auge	14	343 km NW	285	8.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Monestier	03	84 km E	291	9.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monestier	03	84 km E	291	9.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Paulmy	37	111 km NW	238	13.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Lussas-et-Nontronneau	24	153 km SW	283	5.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Dyo	71	171 km E	325	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 55 %
Bozas	07	253 km SE	255	16.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Hotot-en-Auge	14	343 km NW	285	8.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %

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