Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry

Indre · CC Écueillé-Valençay · INSEE 36244

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

Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry (INSEE 36244) is in Indre (36), part of CC Écueillé-Valençay. Population 886 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Faverolles-en-Berry (36072). ^[3]

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 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 15,047 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.75	5	3.74
Population trend	0.33	10	3.31
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE). ^[5,4]

1 × Restaurant (PUKEKONEST). ^[5,4]

1 × Café / bar (COOKIE CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (FAVEROLLES RP · VILLENTROIS AP). ^[5]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE VILLENTROIS/FAVEROLLES EN BERRY). ^[5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant	1	PUKEKONEST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [5,4]
Café / bar	1	COOKIE CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale	2	FAVEROLLES RP · VILLENTROIS AP	INSEE BPE 2 [5]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE VILLENTROIS/FAVEROLLES EN BERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
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: 1,594 2023: 886 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 961 (2012) → 886 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,066 (1990) → 886 (2023): -16.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 677, of which 20.7 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NFood shop — 3.5 km NGP — 6.9 km NEPharmacy — 7.8 km S 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 (Lye): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Lye): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meusnes): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Luçay-le-Mâle): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 41.1

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LYE weather station, 4.7 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LYE, 4.7 km away at 130 m, over 27 summers. ^[13]

An average of 660 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LYE, 4.7 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36244/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36244/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36244/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36244/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36244
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
Cremeaux	42	237 km SE	914	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 14 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Thois	29	415 km W	703	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Dixmont	89	176 km NE	887	42.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Verzé	71	265 km E	875	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-Brain	35	262 km W	1,114	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Roudouallec	56	402 km W	722	47	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dixmont	89	176 km NE	887	42.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Cremeaux	42	237 km SE	914	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 14 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-de-Brain	35	262 km W	1,114	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Verzé	71	265 km E	875	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Roudouallec	56	402 km W	722	47	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Thois	29	415 km W	703	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry'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
Lussault-sur-Loire	37	47 km NW	886	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Clessé	71	270 km E	829	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Clémont	18	76 km NE	687	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gimel-les-Cascades	19	213 km S	755	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Hermeray	78	163 km N	1,007	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Boissière-École	78	166 km N	747	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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