Cerelles

Indre-et-Loire · CC de Gâtine-Racan · INSEE 37047

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cerelles (INSEE 37047) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC de Gâtine-Racan. Population 1,252 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,976 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CERELLES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CÉRELLES LES MOTS PASSANTS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
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	1	CERELLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CÉRELLES LES MOTS PASSANTS	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: 401 2023: 1,252 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,222 (2012) → 1,252 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 793 (1990) → 1,252 (2023): 57.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 542, of which 1.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km SEFood shop — 1.5 km SEGP — 3.0 km NWPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Chanceaux-sur-Choisille): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chanceaux-sur-Choisille): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rouziers-de-Touraine): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rouziers-de-Touraine): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cerelles): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.6

Days at or below 0 °C 34.3

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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

Measured at the TOURS weather station, 6.9 km away at 108 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TOURS, 6.9 km away at 108 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 679 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TOURS, 6.9 km away at 108 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37047/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37047/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37047/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37047/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37047
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
La Houssaye-en-Brie	77	214 km NE	1,731	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Baldenheim	67	518 km E	1,254	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Galluis	78	166 km NE	1,298	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Portieux	88	432 km E	1,224	16.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Marthod	73	479 km E	1,346	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Barc	27	175 km N	1,166	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Galluis	78	166 km NE	1,298	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Barc	27	175 km N	1,166	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
La Houssaye-en-Brie	77	214 km NE	1,731	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Portieux	88	432 km E	1,224	16.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Marthod	73	479 km E	1,346	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Baldenheim	67	518 km E	1,254	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Cerelles'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
Montilliers	49	96 km W	1,222	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Armentières-en-Brie	77	239 km NE	1,176	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hénouville	76	221 km N	1,406	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Treize-Vents	85	132 km SW	1,226	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais	37	20 km NW	1,067	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Berchères-les-Pierres	28	118 km NE	1,000	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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