Ambillou

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire · INSEE 37002

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

Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambillou (INSEE 37002) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire. Population 1,746 (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/37002-ambillou

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 10,513 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Supermarket (UTILE). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (MANGER CHEZ NIT). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE COLIN, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE MONTES, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LA BOITE A LIVRES D'AMBILLOU). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (INTUI'TIF COIFFURE · ELEGANCE). ^[4,3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	MANGER CHEZ NIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANTOINE COLIN, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE MONTES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LA BOITE A LIVRES D'AMBILLOU	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	INTUI'TIF COIFFURE · ELEGANCE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 732 peak 2012: 1,822 2023: 1,746 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,822 (2012) → 1,746 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,086 (1990) → 1,746 (2023): 60.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 796, of which 5 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.3 km SBakery — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 9.5 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 (Pernay): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambillou): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambillou): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Luynes): 9.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ambillou): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.8

Days at or below 0 °C 43.4

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SONZAY weather station, 7.7 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SONZAY, 7.7 km away at 117 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SONZAY, 7.7 km away at 117 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 — 37002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37182
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37139
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
Cauvigny	60	245 km NE	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roaillan	33	333 km S	1,810	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Illies	59	387 km NE	1,712	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Brouilla	66	576 km S	1,572	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Saulzoir	59	380 km NE	1,672	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Marchaux-Chaudefontaine	25	428 km E	1,447	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cauvigny	60	245 km NE	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roaillan	33	333 km S	1,810	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Saulzoir	59	380 km NE	1,672	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Illies	59	387 km NE	1,712	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Marchaux-Chaudefontaine	25	428 km E	1,447	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Brouilla	66	576 km S	1,572	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Ambillou'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
Champdeniers	79	126 km SW	1,784	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Béville-le-Comte	28	144 km NE	1,705	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Jonchery-sur-Vesle	51	322 km NE	1,822	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Colleret	59	409 km NE	1,541	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mellecey	71	332 km E	1,348	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	222 km NE	1,410	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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