Avrillé-les-Ponceaux

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire · INSEE 37013

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avrillé-les-Ponceaux (INSEE 37013) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire. Population 479 (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/37013-avrille-les-ponceaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,879 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.09
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (POULE & ROTI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (AVRILLE LES PONCEAUX RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	POULE & ROTI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	AVRILLE LES PONCEAUX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 512 2023: 479 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 461 (2012) → 479 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 366 (1990) → 479 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 11.5 % second homes and 17.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km NGP — 6.0 km NEBakery — 8.6 km NPharmacy — 12.0 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 (Savigné-sur-Lathan): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hommes): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Savigné-sur-Lathan): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Langeais): 12 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Avrillé-les-Ponceaux): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 45.1

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHANNAY/LATHAN weather station, 9.7 km away at 87 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHANNAY/LATHAN, 9.7 km away at 87 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

An average of 712 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNE/LATHAN, 5.8 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37013
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
Puéchabon	34	484 km SE	509	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Gilles	28	192 km NE	498	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Cestayrols	81	402 km S	455	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Les Églises-d'Argenteuil	17	167 km S	537	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	204 km S	495	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër	72	49 km N	356	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër	72	49 km N	356	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Les Églises-d'Argenteuil	17	167 km S	537	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gilles	28	192 km NE	498	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	204 km S	495	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Cestayrols	81	402 km S	455	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Puéchabon	34	484 km SE	509	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Avrillé-les-Ponceaux'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
Gilles	28	192 km NE	498	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Metting	57	538 km E	410	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Billy-sur-Oisy	58	235 km E	381	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Tuzaguet	65	480 km S	440	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bouville	91	188 km NE	669	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Cléry-en-Vexin	95	225 km NE	476	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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