Vicq-Exemplet

Indre · CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère · INSEE 36236

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vicq-Exemplet (INSEE 36236) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. Population 330 (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 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 18,033 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.39	10	3.94
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAS LE PANIER DE BOISCHAUT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EPI'TOUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	SAS LE PANIER DE BOISCHAUT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	1	EPI'TOUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 566 2023: 330 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 324 (2012) → 330 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 330 (2023): -10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 21.6 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 5.6 km NGP — 5.6 km NBakery — 5.7 km NPharmacy — 8.7 km SE 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): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vicq-Exemplet): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteaumeillant): 8.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 48

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-CHRISTOPHE weather station, 5.7 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 262 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 12.8 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE, 5.7 km away at 265 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 — 36236/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36236/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36236/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36236/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18057
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
Cabanès	12	272 km S	284	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Romain	86	143 km W	386	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Campagnac-lès-Quercy	24	228 km S	323	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Kernascléden	56	439 km W	418	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cromac	87	72 km SW	249	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-la-Coste	30	311 km SE	324	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cromac	87	72 km SW	249	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain	86	143 km W	386	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Campagnac-lès-Quercy	24	228 km S	323	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Cabanès	12	272 km S	284	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Paul-la-Coste	30	311 km SE	324	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Kernascléden	56	439 km W	418	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Vicq-Exemplet'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
Cromac	87	72 km SW	249	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Droux	87	92 km SW	378	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Oradour-Saint-Genest	87	95 km SW	367	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fougerolles	36	22 km W	349	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize	36	82 km W	311	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Caniac-du-Causse	46	227 km S	371	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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