Limeray

Indre-et-Loire · CC du Val d'Amboise · INSEE 37131

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

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Limeray (INSEE 37131) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Val d'Amboise. Population 1,252 (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/37131-limeray

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,976 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.79	10	7.88
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (DJUKA BAR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE J-Y COUSTEAU). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VAL DE CISSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LIMERAY RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE JARDIN BOTANIQUE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	DJUKA BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE J-Y COUSTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU VAL DE CISSE	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	LIMERAY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LIMERAY	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE JARDIN BOTANIQUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 896 peak 2017: 1,308 2023: 1,252 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,229 (2012) → 1,252 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 972 (1990) → 1,252 (2023): 28.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 670, of which 7.9 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.9 km SWBakery — 3.7 km WFood shop — 4.4 km E 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 (Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mosnes): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pocé-sur-Cisse): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Limeray): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Limeray): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 38.9

Muggy days a summer 2.8

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LIMERAY weather station, 2.3 km away at 113 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LIMERAY, 2.3 km away at 113 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 672 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LIMERAY, 2.3 km away at 113 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 — 37131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37230
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37161
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37131
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
Locunolé	29	342 km W	1,177	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Orval sur Sienne	50	254 km NW	1,233	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Coppel	63	262 km SE	1,281	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Colombiers	86	90 km SW	1,405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Doue	77	222 km NE	1,122	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
La Méaugon	22	311 km NW	1,320	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Colombiers	86	90 km SW	1,405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Doue	77	222 km NE	1,122	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Orval sur Sienne	50	254 km NW	1,233	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Coppel	63	262 km SE	1,281	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Méaugon	22	311 km NW	1,320	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Locunolé	29	342 km W	1,177	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · 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 Limeray'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
Colombiers	86	90 km SW	1,405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Hondouville	27	187 km N	827	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Monsireigne	85	171 km SW	999	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauvant	86	144 km SW	1,293	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-d'Ay	07	378 km SE	1,164	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Philbert-du-Peuple	49	82 km W	1,307	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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