Azay-le-Rideau
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Azay-le-Rideau (INSEE 37014) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. Population 3,438 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/37014-azay-le-rideau
Vitality score
Vitality score 55.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 6,367 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 | 0.44 | 25 | 11.07 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.7 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.26 |
| Housing mix | 0.8 | 5 | 4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER DU PAIN · GELATO PARADISO · AU ROYAL CHOCOLAT · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE BEAUFILS · BISCUITHE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BIDAULT). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MAISON CATALANE). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA PASSION DU FROMAGE). [4]
20 × Restaurant (RELAIS DE LA SALAMANDRE · LA CABANE · I FRATELLI · LE FRANCOIS 1ER · AUBERGE POM'POIRE). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (L'ORANGERIE D'AZAY · LE BISTROT · REST'O QUAI · LE GAMBETTA · LE FRANCOIS 1ER). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENT PUBLIQUE DESCARTES MERMOZ). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE BALZAC). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT DELAVEAU, MÉDECIN · JEROME PRAGNON, MÉDECIN · SARAH BRIZARD, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BRIZARD, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN TRAVERS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PICOT-PAVY). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA CANOPÉE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE BELLEVUE). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE D'AZAY LE RIDEAU) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (IKXIS COIFFURE · SARL NC3A · LE SALON D'ALEXIS · TAHIANA - LE BOUDOIR DE LA COIFFURE · MONCOCON ET VOUS). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
7 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DES TROIS LYS · HOTEL DES CHATEAUX · HOTEL DE BIENCOURT · HOTEL LE GRAND MONARQUE · HOTEL VAL DE LOIRE). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PARC DU SABOT · CAMPING LE SABOT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | L'ATELIER DU PAIN · GELATO PARADISO · AU ROYAL CHOCOLAT · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE BEAUFILS · BISCUITHE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE BIDAULT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LA MAISON CATALANE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA PASSION DU FROMAGE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 20 | RELAIS DE LA SALAMANDRE · LA CABANE · I FRATELLI · LE FRANCOIS 1ER · AUBERGE POM'POIRE | INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | L'ORANGERIE D'AZAY · LE BISTROT · REST'O QUAI · LE GAMBETTA · LE FRANCOIS 1ER | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENT PUBLIQUE DESCARTES MERMOZ | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE BALZAC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | LAURENT DELAVEAU, MÉDECIN · JEROME PRAGNON, MÉDECIN · SARAH BRIZARD, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BRIZARD, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN TRAVERS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PICOT-PAVY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA CANOPÉE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE BELLEVUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE D'AZAY LE RIDEAU) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | IKXIS COIFFURE · SARL NC3A · LE SALON D'ALEXIS · TAHIANA - LE BOUDOIR DE LA COIFFURE · MONCOCON ET VOUS | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 7 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DES TROIS LYS · HOTEL DES CHATEAUX · HOTEL DE BIENCOURT · HOTEL LE GRAND MONARQUE · HOTEL VAL DE LOIRE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PARC DU SABOT · CAMPING LE SABOT | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,431 (2012) → 3,438 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,053 (1990) → 3,438 (2023): 12.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,885, of which 10 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Azay-le-Rideau): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Azay-le-Rideau): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Azay-le-Rideau): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Azay-le-Rideau): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Azay-le-Rideau): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CHEILLE weather station, 4.7 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 54 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at CHEILLE, 4.7 km away at 60 m, over 27 summers. [9]
An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHEILLE, 4.7 km away at 60 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37014/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37014/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37014/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37014/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37014
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moûtiers | 73 | 506 km E | 3,487 | 59.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 65 % |
| Gramat | 46 | 293 km S | 3,512 | 58.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Céré | 46 | 289 km SE | 3,429 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montrichard Val de Cher | 41 | 55 km E | 3,611 | 58.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 % |
| Fontvieille | 13 | 514 km SE | 3,571 | 44.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Langeac | 43 | 335 km SE | 3,499 | 54.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrichard Val de Cher | 41 | 55 km E | 3,611 | 58.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 % |
| Saint-Céré | 46 | 289 km SE | 3,429 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gramat | 46 | 293 km S | 3,512 | 58.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Langeac | 43 | 335 km SE | 3,499 | 54.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Moûtiers | 73 | 506 km E | 3,487 | 59.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 65 % |
| Fontvieille | 13 | 514 km SE | 3,571 | 44.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · 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 Azay-le-Rideau'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochechouart | 87 | 162 km S | 3,603 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis | 10 | 266 km NE | 3,236 | 46.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourgueil | 37 | 22 km W | 3,631 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 89 | 234 km NE | 3,391 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ruffec | 16 | 139 km S | 3,449 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mayet | 72 | 57 km N | 3,187 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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