Azay-sur-Indre

Indre-et-Loire · CC Loches Sud Touraine · INSEE 37016

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Azay-sur-Indre (INSEE 37016) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Loches Sud Touraine. Population 363 (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/37016-azay-sur-indre

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 18,039 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.67	10	6.75
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.88

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

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS D'AZAY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (AZAY SUR INDRE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CLAUDE VIELLE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	LE RELAIS D'AZAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	AZAY SUR INDRE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CLAUDE VIELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 307 peak 2012: 389 2023: 363 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 389 (2012) → 363 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 309 (1990) → 363 (2023): 17.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 11.2 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NWFood shop — 3.0 km NWGP — 3.1 km NWPharmacy — 3.1 km NW 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 (Reignac-sur-Indre): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Reignac-sur-Indre): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Reignac-sur-Indre): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Reignac-sur-Indre): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Azay-sur-Indre): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 46.5

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the REIGNAC weather station, 3.7 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at REIGNAC, 3.7 km away at 90 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 666 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at REIGNAC, 3.7 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37016
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
Montmaur	11	430 km S	356	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Grand	88	363 km NE	372	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Montiers-sur-Saulx	55	354 km NE	365	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Verneuil-sur-Igneraie	36	102 km SE	344	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Hugon	18	155 km E	387	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Escosse	09	457 km S	356	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Verneuil-sur-Igneraie	36	102 km SE	344	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Hugon	18	155 km E	387	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Montiers-sur-Saulx	55	354 km NE	365	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Grand	88	363 km NE	372	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Montmaur	11	430 km S	356	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Escosse	09	457 km S	356	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %

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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-sur-Indre'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
Montiers-sur-Saulx	55	354 km NE	365	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Beauzire	43	279 km SE	457	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Loge-Fougereuse	85	141 km SW	373	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gyé-sur-Seine	10	276 km E	463	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Jessains	10	297 km NE	251	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Caralp	09	471 km S	379	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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