La Croix-en-Touraine
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Croix-en-Touraine (INSEE 37091) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Autour de Chenonceaux Bléré-Val de Cher. Population 2,543 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 46.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 8,149 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.66 | 10 | 6.56 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.91 | 10 | 9.14 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETIT PAIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE BOUCHERIE ALEKSIC STEPH). [3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE VEGAS). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE YVES DUTEIL). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSEPH JOFFO). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMMANUEL BAGOURD, MÉDECIN · LUCIE MONPERT-BOUVIER, MÉDECIN · ALICE PERRAIN, MÉDECIN · BLANDINE YVON-PETRAULT, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT LESTELLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CROIX EN TOURAINE RP). [3]
1 × Library (ASSOCIATION BIBLIOCHOUETTE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (ACCROCHE COEUR · CHRETIEN CHRISTELE · CHAUMETTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE PETIT PAIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHARCUTERIE BOUCHERIE ALEKSIC STEPH | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PROXI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | LE VEGAS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE YVES DUTEIL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSEPH JOFFO | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | EMMANUEL BAGOURD, MÉDECIN · LUCIE MONPERT-BOUVIER, MÉDECIN · ALICE PERRAIN, MÉDECIN · BLANDINE YVON-PETRAULT, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT LESTELLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA CROIX EN TOURAINE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | ASSOCIATION BIBLIOCHOUETTE | 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 | 3 | ACCROCHE COEUR · CHRETIEN CHRISTELE · CHAUMETTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Thursday 9h - 12h Place de la Libération. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,175 (2012) → 2,543 (2023): 16.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,798 (1990) → 2,543 (2023): 41.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,276, of which 5.2 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Croix-en-Touraine): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (La Croix-en-Touraine): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (La Croix-en-Touraine): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Croix-en-Touraine): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Croix-en-Touraine): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the AMBOISE weather station, 6.2 km away at 119 m; the village itself is at 57 m. [10]
The village sits 62 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 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at AMBOISE - LYCEE, 6.3 km away at 116 m, over 27 summers. [10]
That station sits 59 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 611 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BLERE, 3.1 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37091/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.lacroixentouraine.fr/fr/mk/1130677/marches-331— “Jeudi matin (9h - 12h)”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37091/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37091/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37091/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37091
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 72 | 93 km NW | 2,514 | 60.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Milesse | 72 | 103 km NW | 2,617 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maisse | 91 | 157 km NE | 2,797 | 64.6 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arles-sur-Tech | 66 | 558 km S | 2,815 | 57.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 % |
| Beaumont | 74 | 413 km E | 3,097 | 41.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall | 66 | 535 km S | 2,950 | 65.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 72 | 93 km NW | 2,514 | 60.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Milesse | 72 | 103 km NW | 2,617 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maisse | 91 | 157 km NE | 2,797 | 64.6 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaumont | 74 | 413 km E | 3,097 | 41.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall | 66 | 535 km S | 2,950 | 65.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 % |
| Arles-sur-Tech | 66 | 558 km S | 2,815 | 57.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 La Croix-en-Touraine'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 72 | 93 km NW | 2,514 | 60.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Azay-sur-Cher | 37 | 11 km W | 3,243 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nazelles-Négron | 37 | 11 km N | 3,776 | 42.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet | 79 | 120 km SW | 2,656 | 42.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Artannes-sur-Indre | 37 | 30 km W | 2,795 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine | 78 | 194 km N | 5,064 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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