Tendu

Indre · CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse · INSEE 36219

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

Few services 22.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tendu (INSEE 36219) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 650 (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 22.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 16,766 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	5	0
Population trend	0.96	10	9.57
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.08

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 483 2023: 650 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 631 (2012) → 650 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 446 (1990) → 650 (2023): 45.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 375, of which 19.2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.8 km SWFood shop — 5.9 km SWPharmacy — 5.9 km SWGP — 6.3 km SW 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-Marcel): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Argenton-sur-Creuse): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tendu): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 47.8

Muggy days a summer 3

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TENDU_SAPC weather station, 2.9 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TENDU_SAPC, 2.9 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TENDU_SAPC, 2.9 km away at 155 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 — 36219/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36219/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36219/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36219/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36219
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
Condé-sur-Risle	27	305 km N	652	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Burdignin	74	376 km E	712	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 79 %
Bosville	76	352 km N	584	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Mittainville	78	225 km N	659	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mouettes	27	251 km N	744	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Écaquelon	27	301 km N	607	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mittainville	78	225 km N	659	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mouettes	27	251 km N	744	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Écaquelon	27	301 km N	607	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Condé-sur-Risle	27	305 km N	652	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Bosville	76	352 km N	584	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Burdignin	74	376 km E	712	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Tendu'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
Mouettes	27	251 km N	744	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Saulsotte	10	256 km NE	677	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-Mâcon	10	250 km NE	635	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Mousseaux-Neuville	27	252 km N	636	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse	89	225 km NE	667	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mouterre-Silly	86	121 km W	602	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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