Dame-Marie-les-Bois
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Dame-Marie-les-Bois (INSEE 37095) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Castelrenaudais. Population 343 (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 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 18,011 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.96 | 10 | 9.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.07 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CHEZ DJE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (DAME MARIE LES BOIS RP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | CHEZ DJE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | DAME MARIE LES BOIS RP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 322 (2012) → 343 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 235 (1990) → 343 (2023): 46 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 9.3 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Monteaux): 8.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Château-Renault): 10.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Limeray): 9 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Dame-Marie-les-Bois): 0 km to the west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the LIMERAY weather station, 9 km away at 113 m; the village itself is at 114 m. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at LIMERAY, 9 km away at 113 m, over 17 summers. [13]
An average of 672 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at LIMERAY, 9 km away at 113 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
What property sold for
24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 194,500 € — 1,224 € per m² of built surface. [14]
The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [14]
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 — 37095/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37095/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37095/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37095/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37230
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41144
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37063
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37131
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37095
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tupigny | 02 | 328 km NE | 341 | 27.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 % |
| Darcey | 21 | 266 km E | 330 | 27.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Viéville | 52 | 316 km E | 324 | 33.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laubrières | 53 | 164 km W | 324 | 29.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 % |
| Aubure | 68 | 467 km E | 353 | 26 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 23 % · humidity 79 % |
| Charmé | 16 | 190 km S | 336 | 24.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laubrières | 53 | 164 km W | 324 | 29.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 % |
| Charmé | 16 | 190 km S | 336 | 24.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Darcey | 21 | 266 km E | 330 | 27.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Viéville | 52 | 316 km E | 324 | 33.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tupigny | 02 | 328 km NE | 341 | 27.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 % |
| Aubure | 68 | 467 km E | 353 | 26 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 23 % · 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 Dame-Marie-les-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charentenay | 89 | 189 km E | 288 | 29.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Loup-du-Dorat | 53 | 115 km W | 338 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Maigné | 72 | 92 km NW | 326 | 26.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montceaux-lès-Provins | 77 | 220 km NE | 320 | 20 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Richarville | 91 | 126 km NE | 386 | 26 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Celon | 36 | 119 km S | 387 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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