Couesmes
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Couesmes (INSEE 37084) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire. Population 543 (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/37084-couesmes
Vitality score
Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 17,521 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 | 0.61 | 10 | 6.08 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DE L'ARDILLIERE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.
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] | |
| 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 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | LE RELAIS DE L'ARDILLIERE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 529 (2012) → 543 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 490 (1990) → 543 (2023): 10.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 258, of which 5 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Château-la-Vallière): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Château-la-Vallière): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Château-la-Vallière): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Château-la-Vallière): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Château-la-Vallière): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ST-CHRISTOPHE-SUR-NAIS weather station, 10.7 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 75 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE-SUR-NAIS, 10.7 km away at 107 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 758 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT-DE-L, 8 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37084/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37084/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37084/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37084/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rans | 39 | 408 km E | 540 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 43 % |
| Choisel | 78 | 176 km NE | 540 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouen-sur-Morin | 77 | 259 km NE | 529 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais | 14 | 173 km N | 528 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Briosne-lès-Sables | 72 | 68 km N | 558 | 24.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Bazouge-des-Alleux | 53 | 99 km NW | 558 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briosne-lès-Sables | 72 | 68 km N | 558 | 24.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Bazouge-des-Alleux | 53 | 99 km NW | 558 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais | 14 | 173 km N | 528 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Choisel | 78 | 176 km NE | 540 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouen-sur-Morin | 77 | 259 km NE | 529 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
| Rans | 39 | 408 km E | 540 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 43 % |
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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 Couesmes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choisel | 78 | 176 km NE | 540 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Joué-en-Charnie | 72 | 64 km NW | 589 | 25.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Vergne | 17 | 191 km S | 611 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roche-Rigault | 86 | 67 km S | 565 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chalais | 86 | 68 km S | 465 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bucey-en-Othe | 10 | 273 km E | 430 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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