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Esves-le-Moutier

Indre-et-Loire · CC Loches Sud Touraine · INSEE 37103

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esves-le-Moutier (INSEE 37103) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Loches Sud Touraine. Population 159 (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/37103-esves-le-moutier

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 14,517 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.52105.19
Housing mix0.853.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 214 2023: 159 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 156 (2012) → 159 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 159 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 99, of which 10.1 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.3 km N (Varennes)Food shop — 5.3 km SE (Betz-le-Château)Bakery — 6.1 km NW (Vou)GP — 6.6 km W (Ligueil)Pharmacy — 6.6 km W (Ligueil)
Primary school — 3.3 km NFood shop — 5.3 km SEBakery — 6.1 km NWGP — 6.6 km WPharmacy — 6.6 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Vou): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Betz-le-Château): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Ligueil): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Ligueil): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Varennes): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the FERRIERE-LARCON weather station, 6.4 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at FERRIERE-LARCON, 6.4 km away at 116 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ESVES-LE-MOUT., 1.1 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37103/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37103/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37103/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37103/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37280
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37026
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37130
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37265
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Argelos40403 km S1609.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %
Fenioux17172 km SW15812.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Tieste-Uragnoux32394 km S15814.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Le Pin-Murelet31405 km S16311.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %
Troncens32402 km S1597.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière76321 km N15912.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fenioux17172 km SW15812.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière76321 km N15912.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Tieste-Uragnoux32394 km S15814.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Troncens32402 km S1597.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Argelos40403 km S1609.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %
Le Pin-Murelet31405 km S16311.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %

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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 Esves-le-Moutier'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Temple4199 km N16912.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Marigny71273 km E16612.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lédas-et-Penthiès81348 km S16310.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Fontangy21263 km E16210.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Préaux53143 km NW15813.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Romilly41102 km N1558No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %