Thevet-Saint-Julien

Indre · CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère · INSEE 36221

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

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thevet-Saint-Julien (INSEE 36221) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. Population 396 (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 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 18,004 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.28	10	2.81
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.78

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 (THEVET ST JULIEN AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DE MECHE AVEC VOUS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
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	THEVET ST JULIEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	DE MECHE AVEC VOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 637 2023: 396 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 437 (2012) → 396 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 507 (1990) → 396 (2023): -21.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 12.2 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.0 km EBakery — 6.2 km NEGP — 6.3 km NEPharmacy — 8.5 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-Christophe-en-Boucherie): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vicq-Exemplet): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montgivray): 8.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Thevet-Saint-Julien): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.2

Days at or below 0 °C 39.6

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-CHRISTOPHE weather station, 6.4 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 7.7 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE, 6.4 km away at 265 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 — 36221/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36221/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36221/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36221/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36127
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36221
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
Authon-Ébéon	17	210 km SW	410	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Courcelles-la-Forêt	72	203 km NW	397	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bazoches-au-Houlme	61	297 km NW	449	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %
Estivaux	19	154 km S	403	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Ambernac	16	138 km SW	381	17.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Caupenne	40	396 km SW	402	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ambernac	16	138 km SW	381	17.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Estivaux	19	154 km S	403	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-la-Forêt	72	203 km NW	397	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Authon-Ébéon	17	210 km SW	410	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Bazoches-au-Houlme	61	297 km NW	449	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %
Caupenne	40	396 km SW	402	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 96 %

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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 Thevet-Saint-Julien'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
Morogues	18	78 km NE	424	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Orches	86	136 km W	353	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	174 km NW	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Tour-Saint-Gelin	37	135 km W	501	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saulgond	16	125 km SW	530	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Marçais	18	24 km E	308	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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