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La Celle-Guenand

Indre-et-Loire · CC Loches Sud Touraine · INSEE 37044

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Celle-Guenand (INSEE 37044) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Loches Sud Touraine. Population 379 (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/37044-la-celle-guenand

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 18,037 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.42104.2
Housing mix0.6753.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (AU PANIER D'ALICE). [4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CELLE GUENAND RP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1AU PANIER D'ALICEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA CELLE GUENAND RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 509 2023: 379 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 387 (2012) → 379 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 412 (1990) → 379 (2023): -8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 16.4 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.4 km N (Betz-le-Château)Food shop — 6.0 km NW (Paulmy)GP — 7.2 km W (Le Grand-Pressigny)Bakery — 7.5 km W (Le Grand-Pressigny)Pharmacy — 7.5 km W (Le Grand-Pressigny)
Primary school — 5.4 km NFood shop — 6.0 km NWGP — 7.2 km WBakery — 7.5 km WPharmacy — 7.5 km W 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 Grand-Pressigny): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Paulmy): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Le Grand-Pressigny): 7.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Le Grand-Pressigny): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Betz-le-Château): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the FERRIERE-LARCON weather station, 5 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 90 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at FERRIERE-LARCON, 5 km away at 116 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at FERRIERE-LARCON, 5 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37044/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37044/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37044/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37044/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37113
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37181
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37026
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thervay39359 km E38422.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %
Laifour08433 km NE39916No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Aillant-sur-Milleron45180 km NE37321.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Julia31392 km S41827.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Nolléval76287 km N41722.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 78 %
Chissey-sur-Loue39366 km E32318.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aillant-sur-Milleron45180 km NE37321.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Nolléval76287 km N41722.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 78 %
Thervay39359 km E38422.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %
Chissey-sur-Loue39366 km E32318.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julia31392 km S41827.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Laifour08433 km NE39916No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montceaux-lès-Provins77272 km NE32020Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ménesqueville27271 km N48524.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vincelles51314 km NE33318.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lerné3762 km W35113No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Payroux8687 km S46110.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Séris41101 km NE38818No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %