Cravant-les-Côteaux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cravant-les-Côteaux (INSEE 37089) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire. Population 699 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 55 % of the 16,401 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE L'EPI GOURMAND). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DES COTEAUX). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CRAVANT LES COTEAUX AP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTITUTION SAINT GATIEN). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE L'EPI GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | L'AUBERGE DES COTEAUX | 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) | 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 | CRAVANT LES COTEAUX AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | INSTITUTION SAINT GATIEN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 730 (2012) → 699 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 747 (1990) → 699 (2023): -6.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 430, of which 12.6 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cravant-les-Côteaux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chinon): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Chinon): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cravant-les-Côteaux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LIGRE weather station, 7.5 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 40 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LIGRE, 7.5 km away at 67 m, over 27 summers. [11]
An average of 655 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LIGRE, 7.5 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 164,000 € — 1,383 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37089/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37089/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37089/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37089/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37089
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37072
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37210
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livry | 58 | 211 km E | 643 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-de-Barret | 26 | 459 km SE | 657 | 41 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Argagnon | 64 | 419 km S | 690 | 36.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 % |
| Pujo | 65 | 424 km S | 671 | 37.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Négrondes | 24 | 205 km S | 778 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auzits | 12 | 333 km SE | 824 | 36.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Négrondes | 24 | 205 km S | 778 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Livry | 58 | 211 km E | 643 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auzits | 12 | 333 km SE | 824 | 36.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Argagnon | 64 | 419 km S | 690 | 36.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 % |
| Pujo | 65 | 424 km S | 671 | 37.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 % |
| Pont-de-Barret | 26 | 459 km SE | 657 | 41 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · 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 Cravant-les-Côteaux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Négrondes | 24 | 205 km S | 778 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Largeasse | 79 | 83 km SW | 759 | 33 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chamboret | 87 | 142 km SE | 782 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montacher-Villegardin | 89 | 230 km NE | 719 | 35.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jeure-d'Ay | 07 | 404 km SE | 495 | 40 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet | 36 | 104 km SE | 917 | 33.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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