Le Boulay

Indre-et-Loire · CC du Castelrenaudais · INSEE 37030

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Boulay (INSEE 37030) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Castelrenaudais. Population 810 (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/37030-le-boulay

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 15,606 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 395 2023: 810 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 769 (2012) → 810 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 440 (1990) → 810 (2023): 84.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 337, of which 1.8 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.9 km SWFood shop — 3.7 km SEPharmacy — 3.7 km SEGP — 4.2 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 (Le Boulay): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Château-Renault): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Château-Renault): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Château-Renault): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Boulay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 43.1

Muggy days a summer 1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAUNAY weather station, 5.8 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 121 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAUNAY, 5.8 km away at 109 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-RENAULT, 5.2 km away at 98 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

48 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 186,000 € — 1,336 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37030/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37030/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37030/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37030/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37030
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37063
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Cléty	62	352 km N	805	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle	01	348 km SE	859	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
Échenon	21	338 km E	763	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf	76	253 km N	843	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Ouenne	79	163 km SW	789	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Gommerville	76	220 km N	748	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Ouenne	79	163 km SW	789	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Gommerville	76	220 km N	748	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf	76	253 km N	843	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Échenon	21	338 km E	763	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle	01	348 km SE	859	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
Cléty	62	352 km N	805	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Le Boulay'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
Étigny	89	191 km E	747	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Matougues	51	294 km NE	636	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Naives-Rosières	55	349 km NE	809	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue	79	178 km SW	806	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Duneau	72	57 km NW	1,078	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Humbécourt	52	319 km E	761	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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