Vicq-sur-Nahon

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36237

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

Partly served 46.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vicq-sur-Nahon (INSEE 36237) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 677 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36237-vicq-sur-nahon

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 16,558 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.36
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES D'EMILIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT THOMAS). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BORYANA KOYNOVA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PINAULT BOCHET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VICQ SUR NAHON AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DELICES D'EMILIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT THOMAS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	BORYANA KOYNOVA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PINAULT BOCHET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VICQ SUR NAHON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 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: 972 2023: 677 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 778 (2012) → 677 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 810 (1990) → 677 (2023): -16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 509, of which 16.9 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 6.4 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): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vicq-sur-Nahon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vicq-sur-Nahon): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vicq-sur-Nahon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vicq-sur-Nahon): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the POULAINES weather station, 10.6 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LYE, 13.7 km away at 130 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUCAY-LE-MALE, 7.2 km away at 119 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 — 36237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36237
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
Mauprévoir	86	130 km SW	608	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Entrains-sur-Nohain	58	136 km E	740	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Trinité-Porhoët	56	325 km W	663	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Blet	18	94 km E	566	57.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-la-Lémance	47	283 km S	563	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Durban-Corbières	11	468 km S	649	60.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Blet	18	94 km E	566	57.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mauprévoir	86	130 km SW	608	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Entrains-sur-Nohain	58	136 km E	740	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sauveterre-la-Lémance	47	283 km S	563	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
La Trinité-Porhoët	56	325 km W	663	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Durban-Corbières	11	468 km S	649	60.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · 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 Vicq-sur-Nahon'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
Entrains-sur-Nohain	58	136 km E	740	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Poulaines	36	11 km NE	816	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Villamblard	24	244 km S	851	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Culan	18	88 km SE	779	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Olliergues	63	227 km SE	736	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance	12	368 km S	580	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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