Valençay

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36228

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 59/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valençay (INSEE 36228) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 2,228 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36228-valencay

Vitality score

Vitality score 59/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 8,890 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	0.57	25	14.21
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.27	10	2.65
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ETAL DU PRALINE · BOULANGERIE DE LA HALLE · LES GOURMANDISES DE PATRICK · PATISSERIE DH). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BCM ARTISANAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE DE VALENCAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (BILLY VALENCAY DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT PIZZA NAT · CAFE AU BON COIN · RESTAURANT LA PROMENADE · LE BINIOU · LE VIN'LENCAY). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE TALLEYRAND · LA CASA). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BENJAMIN RABIER). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ALAIN FOURNIER). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIEL DESDOUITS, MÉDECIN · SYLVAINE LE LIBOUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE HUBERT MOMIRON · SELARL PHARMACIE DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (RÉSEAU DE LECTURE PUBLIQUE COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES ÉCUEILLÉ - VALENÇAY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE JEAN GIRAUDOUX ET AIRES DE SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CCF · CAISSE D'EPARGNE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (S COIFF). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU LION D'OR). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES CHENES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	L'ETAL DU PRALINE · BOULANGERIE DE LA HALLE · LES GOURMANDISES DE PATRICK · PATISSERIE DH	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BCM ARTISANAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SUPERETTE DE VALENCAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	BILLY VALENCAY DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	RESTAURANT PIZZA NAT · CAFE AU BON COIN · RESTAURANT LA PROMENADE · LE BINIOU · LE VIN'LENCAY	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE TALLEYRAND · LA CASA	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BENJAMIN RABIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ALAIN FOURNIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	DANIEL DESDOUITS, MÉDECIN · SYLVAINE LE LIBOUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE HUBERT MOMIRON · SELARL PHARMACIE DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RÉSEAU DE LECTURE PUBLIQUE COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES ÉCUEILLÉ - VALENÇAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE JEAN GIRAUDOUX ET AIRES DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CCF · CAISSE D'EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	S COIFF	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU LION D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES CHENES	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,754 peak 1975: 2,952 2023: 2,228 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,577 (2012) → 2,228 (2023): -13.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,912 (1990) → 2,228 (2023): -23.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,542, of which 8.6 % second homes and 18 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km NE 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 (Valençay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valençay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Valençay): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Valençay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Valençay): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.1

Days at or below 0 °C 51

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the POULAINES weather station, 4.3 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 121 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LYE, 9.1 km away at 130 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VALENCAY, 2.3 km away at 96 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36228
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-Julien-du-Sault	89	162 km NE	2,173	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Remoulins	30	427 km SE	2,278	71.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Saulieu	21	201 km E	2,216	66.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Chablis	89	183 km NE	2,139	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Bourganeuf	23	135 km S	2,364	64	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Septeuil	78	193 km N	2,264	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourganeuf	23	135 km S	2,364	64	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-du-Sault	89	162 km NE	2,173	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chablis	89	183 km NE	2,139	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Septeuil	78	193 km N	2,264	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saulieu	21	201 km E	2,216	66.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Remoulins	30	427 km SE	2,278	71.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Valençay'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
Chablis	89	183 km NE	2,139	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Chabris	36	12 km NE	2,740	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cheylard	07	334 km SE	2,803	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Frontenex	73	402 km SE	1,912	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier	58	125 km E	1,823	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yorre	03	189 km SE	2,641	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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