Chezelles
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 15.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chezelles (INSEE 37071) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Val de Vienne. Population 130 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/37071-chezelles
Vitality score
Vitality score 15.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 55 % of the 12,923 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 4.03 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.07 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (OLI'TRUCK). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | OLI'TRUCK | 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 132 (2012) → 130 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 144 (1990) → 130 (2023): -9.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 83, of which 19.3 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (L'Île-Bouchard): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (L'Île-Bouchard): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (L'Île-Bouchard): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (L'Île-Bouchard): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Tour-Saint-Gelin): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COURCOUE weather station, 6.4 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 57 m. [10]
The village sits 58 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LIGRE, 14.1 km away at 67 m, over 27 summers. [10]
An average of 656 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at L'ILE-BOUCHARD, 6.3 km away at 39 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 — 37071/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37071/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37071/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37071/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37119
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37260
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faverdines | 18 | 162 km E | 135 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rothonay | 39 | 392 km E | 128 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 4 % · humidity 79 % |
| Savigny-en-Terre-Plaine | 89 | 279 km E | 137 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Muchedent | 76 | 307 km N | 131 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mesples | 03 | 162 km SE | 129 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 81 | 356 km S | 126 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faverdines | 18 | 162 km E | 135 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mesples | 03 | 162 km SE | 129 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Savigny-en-Terre-Plaine | 89 | 279 km E | 137 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Muchedent | 76 | 307 km N | 131 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 81 | 356 km S | 126 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rothonay | 39 | 392 km E | 128 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 4 % · 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 Chezelles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vereaux | 18 | 186 km E | 143 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pradières | 09 | 465 km S | 124 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Besse | 24 | 271 km S | 148 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pussigny | 37 | 12 km SE | 159 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châtelperron | 03 | 254 km E | 130 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Murs | 36 | 57 km E | 119 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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