Les Hermites

Indre-et-Loire · CC du Castelrenaudais · INSEE 37116

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Hermites (INSEE 37116) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Castelrenaudais. Population 583 (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/37116-les-hermites

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 17,232 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.8	10	8.01
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU COTENTIN · CHARCUTIER-TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O BERGES DE LA DEMEE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU GRAND STOCK). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES HERMITES AP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	2	BOUCHERIE DU COTENTIN · CHARCUTIER-TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	O BERGES DE LA DEMEE	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	1	PHARMACIE DU GRAND STOCK	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LES HERMITES AP	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

1968: 654 2023: 583 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 590 (2012) → 583 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 448 (1990) → 583 (2023): 30.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 302, of which 6.6 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.9 km SWGP — 9.1 km SPharmacy — 12.9 km NE 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): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Hermites): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines): 9.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montoire-sur-le-Loir): 12.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Les Hermites): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-LAURENT-EN-G weather station, 10.6 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAUNAY, 15.8 km away at 109 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT-EN-G, 10.6 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37116/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37116/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37116/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37116/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41149
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
Ruch	33	327 km S	539	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
La Roche-l'Abeille	87	233 km S	590	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lougratte	47	343 km S	421	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Besson	03	232 km SE	728	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Barcus	64	512 km S	654	53.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie	53	157 km NW	522	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie	53	157 km NW	522	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Besson	03	232 km SE	728	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-l'Abeille	87	233 km S	590	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ruch	33	327 km S	539	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Lougratte	47	343 km S	421	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Barcus	64	512 km S	654	53.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Les Hermites'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
La Roche-l'Abeille	87	233 km S	590	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Besson	03	232 km SE	728	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Tresson	72	30 km NW	511	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ouanne	89	200 km E	578	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	288 km E	505	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cussay	37	71 km S	571	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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