Huismes

Indre-et-Loire · CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire · INSEE 37118

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

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Huismes (INSEE 37118) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire. Population 1,498 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/37118-huismes

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 11,628 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.57	10	5.72
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FARANDOLE DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BEUGNET R.M.F). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (A&J). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE HUISMES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTI ACTIVITES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SOPHIE COIFFURE · LA BOUCLE DOREE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA FARANDOLE DES PAINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BEUGNET R.M.F	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	A&J	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE JEANNE D'ARC	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	HUISMES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE HUISMES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTI ACTIVITES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	SOPHIE COIFFURE · LA BOUCLE DOREE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,122 peak 2012: 1,545 2023: 1,498 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,545 (2012) → 1,498 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,397 (1990) → 1,498 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 822, of which 10.2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.5 km SEPharmacy — 5.7 km N 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 (Huismes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Huismes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Restigné): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Huismes): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 34.8

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHINON - VITI weather station, 5.5 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHINON - VITI, 5.5 km away at 76 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

An average of 669 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHINON - VITI, 5.5 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37193
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
Luriecq	42	354 km SE	1,238	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Chapdes-Beaufort	63	249 km SE	1,140	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %
Quincié-en-Beaujolais	69	355 km E	1,408	47.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Maxent	35	191 km NW	1,450	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Romain-Lachalm	43	383 km SE	1,154	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 %
Langon	35	167 km W	1,423	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Langon	35	167 km W	1,423	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Maxent	35	191 km NW	1,450	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Chapdes-Beaufort	63	249 km SE	1,140	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %
Luriecq	42	354 km SE	1,238	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Quincié-en-Beaujolais	69	355 km E	1,408	47.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-Lachalm	43	383 km SE	1,154	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Huismes'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
Celle-Lévescault	86	90 km S	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pardoux-Soutiers	79	85 km SW	1,869	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil	37	11 km NW	1,116	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Valsonne	69	350 km SE	1,005	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Cheffes	49	72 km NW	1,044	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lager	69	360 km E	1,056	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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