La Ferrière

Indre-et-Loire · CC du Castelrenaudais · INSEE 37106

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Ferrière (INSEE 37106) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Castelrenaudais. Population 306 (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 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,889 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 [3,4]
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	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	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	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

1968: 222 peak 2017: 310 2023: 306 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 296 (2012) → 306 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 198 (1990) → 306 (2023): 54.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 146, of which 5.5 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km NBakery — 4.7 km WGP — 5.4 km SPharmacy — 9.7 km S 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 (Marray): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Hermites): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nouzilly): 9.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Ferrière): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.6

Muggy days a summer 1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST-LAURENT-EN-G weather station, 6.8 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at SAUNAY, 14.4 km away at 109 m, over 23 summers. ^[13]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT-EN-G, 6.8 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37106
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
Connigis	02	258 km NE	306	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiers	17	242 km SW	306	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Julien-d'Oddes	42	317 km SE	300	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Planrupt	52	316 km E	307	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Fontenay-sur-Vègre	72	79 km NW	307	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Plan	38	439 km SE	300	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontenay-sur-Vègre	72	79 km NW	307	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Colombiers	17	242 km SW	306	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Connigis	02	258 km NE	306	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Planrupt	52	316 km E	307	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-d'Oddes	42	317 km SE	300	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Plan	38	439 km SE	300	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · 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 La Ferrière'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
Planrupt	52	316 km E	307	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Paars	02	283 km NE	309	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Égligny	77	198 km NE	310	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pruzilly	71	336 km SE	321	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Buret	53	100 km W	315	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cosmes	53	126 km W	302	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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