Château-la-Vallière

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire · INSEE 37062

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

Partly served 57.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Château-la-Vallière (INSEE 37062) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire. Population 1,734 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 57.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 10,548 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.66	10	6.56
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (M.V). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (VEILLE BOUREAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CASTELDIS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT · SARL DYLAN · LE 330). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE GLOBE TROTTEUR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VALLEE DU LAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JOACHIM DU BELLAY). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAIRE DUIGOU, MÉDECIN · CELINE GAROU, MÉDECIN · DAVID HAMARD, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENCE SALMON, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE DROPSY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LEFEVRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CASTELVALÉRIE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU DE CHATEAU LA VALLIERE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE LOIRE-CENTRE · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (SARL CREATIF COIFFURE · FLONATURE · L'ATELIER AU PLURIEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU VAL JOYEUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	M.V	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	VEILLE BOUREAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CASTELDIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE BISTROT · SARL DYLAN · LE 330	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE GLOBE TROTTEUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VALLEE DU LAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JOACHIM DU BELLAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	CLAIRE DUIGOU, MÉDECIN · CELINE GAROU, MÉDECIN · DAVID HAMARD, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENCE SALMON, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE DROPSY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LEFEVRE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CASTELVALÉRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU DE CHATEAU LA VALLIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE LOIRE-CENTRE · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	SARL CREATIF COIFFURE · FLONATURE · L'ATELIER AU PLURIEL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU VAL JOYEUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Monday, Saturday matin place du Champ de Foire (lundi), place d'Armes (samedi). ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Confirmed by two independent sources: Monday. Reported by one source only: Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,552 peak 2017: 1,780 2023: 1,734 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,674 (2012) → 1,734 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,500 (1990) → 1,734 (2023): 15.6 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 929, of which 4.4 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Château-la-Vallière): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Château-la-Vallière): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Château-la-Vallière): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Château-la-Vallière): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Château-la-Vallière): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 45.1

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHANNAY/LATHAN weather station, 8.8 km away at 87 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHANNAY/LATHAN, 8.8 km away at 87 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 758 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT-DE-L, 5.4 km away at 69 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 — 37062/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://chateaulavalliere.fr/ma-vie-locale/artisans-et-commercants/— “Marchés hebdomadaires : Lundi matin, place du Champ de Foire, Samedi matin, place d'Armes (producteurs locaux)”
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/15/c8e6b383-49a7-3208-818a-7d8414893e9c— “Chaque lundi matin, marché d'une dizaine d'exposants, Place du champ de foire.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37062/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37062/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37062/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37062
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
Thiberville	27	177 km N	1,752	67.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Vergt	24	282 km S	1,773	67.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Châtenois	88	419 km E	1,723	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Prémery	58	230 km E	1,734	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier	58	228 km E	1,823	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Baugy	18	189 km E	1,598	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thiberville	27	177 km N	1,752	67.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Baugy	18	189 km E	1,598	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier	58	228 km E	1,823	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Prémery	58	230 km E	1,734	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Vergt	24	282 km S	1,773	67.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Châtenois	88	419 km E	1,723	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · 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 Château-la-Vallière'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
Baugy	18	189 km E	1,598	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	36	154 km SE	1,623	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mirebeau	86	85 km S	2,143	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bracieux	41	92 km E	1,343	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Septeuil	78	180 km NE	2,264	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Serquigny	27	176 km N	1,754	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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