Vatan

Indre · CC Champagne Boischauts · INSEE 36230

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

Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vatan (INSEE 36230) is in Indre (36), part of CC Champagne Boischauts. Population 1,994 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36230-vatan

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 9,654 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.49	10	4.86
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA P'TITE BOULANGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA PIZZ'A JACK · ZEUGMA · HOTEL DE FRANCE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CHEZ CHOUCHOU · AU'PM). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA POTERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FERDINAND DE LESSEPS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (IOANA MURARIU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE VATAN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES INTERCOMMUNALES GYMNASE PISCINE TENNIS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STUDIO J · L'ATELIER DE LA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA RUELLE AU LOUP). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA P'TITE BOULANGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SUPERETTE VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	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	4	LA PIZZ'A JACK · ZEUGMA · HOTEL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CHEZ CHOUCHOU · AU'PM	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA POTERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA POTERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FERDINAND DE LESSEPS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	IOANA MURARIU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE VATAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES INTERCOMMUNALES GYMNASE PISCINE TENNIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	STUDIO J · L'ATELIER DE LA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA RUELLE AU LOUP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,194 peak 1975: 2,270 2023: 1,994 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,033 (2012) → 1,994 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,022 (1990) → 1,994 (2023): -1.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,218, of which 7.6 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km SPharmacy — 8.5 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 (Vatan): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Vatan): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Graçay): 8.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vatan): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 48

Muggy days a summer 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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GUILLY weather station, 3.9 km away at 135 m; the village itself is at 132 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GUILLY, 3.9 km away at 135 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 740 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VATAN, 1.4 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36230/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36230/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36230/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36230/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36230
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18103
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-Cosme-en-Vairais	72	168 km NW	1,927	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Estagel	66	483 km S	2,160	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Dozulé	14	277 km NW	2,244	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Arudy	64	475 km SW	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Castelmoron-sur-Lot	47	315 km S	1,842	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	182 km E	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais	72	168 km NW	1,927	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	182 km E	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dozulé	14	277 km NW	2,244	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Castelmoron-sur-Lot	47	315 km S	1,842	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Arudy	64	475 km SW	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Estagel	66	483 km S	2,160	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Vatan'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
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	182 km E	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Artenay	45	113 km N	1,997	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-la-Reine	77	150 km N	2,170	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
L'Île-Bouchard	37	105 km W	1,606	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury-sur-Andelle	27	257 km N	1,801	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Nantiat	87	128 km SW	1,580	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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