Louans

Indre-et-Loire · CC Loches Sud Touraine · INSEE 37134

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

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Louans (INSEE 37134) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Loches Sud Touraine. Population 709 (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/37134-louans

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,352 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.99	10	9.93
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EN-CAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'A BOIRE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE DE LOUANS). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	EN-CAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'A BOIRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUPANTIA	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	LOUANS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE DE LOUANS	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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 522 2023: 709 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 614 (2012) → 709 (2023): 15.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 475 (1990) → 709 (2023): 49.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 1.8 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.2 km NFood shop — 5.2 km NGP — 5.2 km NPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Saint-Branchs): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Branchs): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Branchs): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Branchs): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Louans): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 41.4

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE LOUROUX weather station, 4.9 km away at 123 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-EPAIN, 11.1 km away at 112 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE LOUROUX, 4.9 km away at 123 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37211
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37134
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
Serrouville	54	453 km NE	683	42.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 %
Étrépilly	77	262 km NE	805	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Deluz	25	412 km E	630	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Campagnan	34	459 km SE	714	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Chamelet	69	317 km SE	706	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bréal-sous-Vitré	35	170 km NW	612	43.1	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bréal-sous-Vitré	35	170 km NW	612	43.1	Partly served	no figures
Étrépilly	77	262 km NE	805	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Chamelet	69	317 km SE	706	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Deluz	25	412 km E	630	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Serrouville	54	453 km NE	683	42.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 %
Campagnan	34	459 km SE	714	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Louans'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
Thoury-Férottes	77	205 km NE	649	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Porcaro	56	235 km W	743	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Roiffé	86	53 km W	747	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ciry-Salsogne	02	315 km NE	882	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chanteloup-les-Bois	49	109 km W	734	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boistrudan	35	183 km NW	728	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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