Villegouin

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36243

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

No daily shops 15.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villegouin (INSEE 36243) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 325 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36243-villegouin

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,997 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	5	0
Population trend	0.29	10	2.93
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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 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: 521 2023: 325 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 375 (2012) → 325 (2023): -13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 410 (1990) → 325 (2023): -20.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 9.4 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km NEPharmacy — 4.0 km NEBakery — 4.5 km SWGP — 5.2 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 (Saint-Genou): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pellevoisin): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pellevoisin): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pellevoisin): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villegouin): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PELLEVOISIN weather station, 2.9 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MURS, 16.1 km away at 148 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PELLEVOISIN, 2.9 km away at 161 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 — 36243/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36243/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36243/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36243/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36243
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
Lachaise	16	202 km SW	318	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Garrigues	81	365 km S	333	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bouteville	16	191 km SW	313	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 21 %
Savignac-sur-Leyze	47	280 km S	321	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Clavé	79	132 km SW	348	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Michel	31	423 km S	306	23.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Clavé	79	132 km SW	348	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Bouteville	16	191 km SW	313	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 21 %
Lachaise	16	202 km SW	318	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Savignac-sur-Leyze	47	280 km S	321	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Garrigues	81	365 km S	333	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel	31	423 km S	306	23.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Villegouin'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
Lachaise	16	202 km SW	318	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Monségur	47	278 km S	397	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Andouque	81	335 km S	383	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Meillard	03	156 km SE	303	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Chautay	18	121 km E	256	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chavin	36	48 km S	270	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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