L'Île-Bouchard

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Val de Vienne · INSEE 37119

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

Partly served 58.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Île-Bouchard (INSEE 37119) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Val de Vienne. Population 1,606 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/37119-l-ile-bouchard

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 11,127 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.68	10	6.82
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.39	10	3.92
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BANETTE DE L'ILE · L'EPI GOURMAND · LE COUP D'FOUEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE JARDIN DE YANNIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · BOUCHARDIS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE PIED D'ELEPHANT · L'AUBERGE DE L'ILE · T N TACOS · LA GUINGUETTE DU BORD DE VIENNE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE BEAU RIVAGE · LE BARBIER CLUB · LE CAFE DE LA VILLE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE LAMARTINE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ANDRE DUCHESNE). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIQUE MAGDALENA, MÉDECIN · GAELLE BAUDINAUD, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE SIGNORET, MÉDECIN · ARTHUR DUPONT FRANKLIN, MÉDECIN · VINCENT MAGDALENA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT LAZARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (L'ILE AUX LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE CUBE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE RESTE A VISITER). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE DE L'ILE BOUCHARD) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (BELLE COM TOUT · METAMORPHOSE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES BORDS DE VIENNE · CAMPING LES BORDS DE VIENNE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LA BANETTE DE L'ILE · L'EPI GOURMAND · LE COUP D'FOUEE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE JARDIN DE YANNIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · BOUCHARDIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE PIED D'ELEPHANT · L'AUBERGE DE L'ILE · T N TACOS · LA GUINGUETTE DU BORD DE VIENNE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE BEAU RIVAGE · LE BARBIER CLUB · LE CAFE DE LA VILLE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOL MATE LAMARTINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ANDRE DUCHESNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	FREDERIQUE MAGDALENA, MÉDECIN · GAELLE BAUDINAUD, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE SIGNORET, MÉDECIN · ARTHUR DUPONT FRANKLIN, MÉDECIN · VINCENT MAGDALENA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAINT LAZARE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	L'ILE AUX LIVRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE CUBE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE RESTE A VISITER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE DE L'ILE BOUCHARD) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	2	BELLE COM TOUT · METAMORPHOSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES BORDS DE VIENNE · CAMPING LES BORDS DE VIENNE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,645 peak 1990: 1,800 2023: 1,606 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,655 (2012) → 1,606 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,800 (1990) → 1,606 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 970, of which 7.2 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km SWGP — 0.6 km SW 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 (L'Île-Bouchard): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Île-Bouchard): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (L'Île-Bouchard): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (L'Île-Bouchard): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (L'Île-Bouchard): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 41

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LIGRE weather station, 11.4 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 34 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LIGRE, 11.4 km away at 67 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 656 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at L'ILE-BOUCHARD, 0.7 km away at 39 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37119/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37119/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37119/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37119/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37119
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
L'Isle-en-Dodon	31	417 km S	1,614	52.6	Partly served	no figures
Nantiat	87	136 km SE	1,580	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Mothe-Saint-Héray	79	94 km SW	1,652	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	287 km E	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Châlus	87	169 km S	1,683	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Castelmoron-sur-Lot	47	303 km S	1,842	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Mothe-Saint-Héray	79	94 km SW	1,652	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Nantiat	87	136 km SE	1,580	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Châlus	87	169 km S	1,683	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	287 km E	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Castelmoron-sur-Lot	47	303 km S	1,842	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
L'Isle-en-Dodon	31	417 km S	1,614	52.6	Partly served	no figures

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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 L'Île-Bouchard'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
Nantiat	87	136 km SE	1,580	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vatan	36	105 km E	1,994	54.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury-sur-Andelle	27	259 km N	1,801	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mondoubleau	41	102 km N	1,297	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	36	120 km SE	1,623	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux	86	83 km S	2,263	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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