Le Louroux

Indre-et-Loire · CC Loches Sud Touraine · INSEE 37136

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

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Louroux (INSEE 37136) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Loches Sud Touraine. Population 533 (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/37136-le-louroux

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,580 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.33
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

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

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DU PRIEURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA RAUDIERE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LA TABLE DU PRIEURE	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 LOUIS BLANCHARD	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	LE LOUROUX 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA RAUDIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 442 2023: 533 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 487 (2012) → 533 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 372 (1990) → 533 (2023): 43.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 4.9 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.6 km SBakery — 2.7 km SFood shop — 2.7 km SPharmacy — 2.7 km S 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 (Manthelan): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Manthelan): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Manthelan): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Manthelan): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Louroux): 0.2 km to the south-west (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 1.8

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE LOUROUX weather station, 6.8 km away at 123 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at REIGNAC, 10.7 km away at 90 m, over 30 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, 6.8 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 — 37136/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37136/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37136/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37136/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37136
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
Gougenheim	67	533 km E	531	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq	03	236 km SE	523	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chânes	71	319 km E	530	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Christie	32	379 km S	541	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Germé	32	394 km S	515	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %
Luché-Thouarsais	79	87 km W	536	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luché-Thouarsais	79	87 km W	536	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq	03	236 km SE	523	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chânes	71	319 km E	530	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Christie	32	379 km S	541	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Germé	32	394 km S	515	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %
Gougenheim	67	533 km E	531	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Le Louroux'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
Gougenheim	67	533 km E	531	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Gaye	51	282 km NE	564	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Coulommiers-la-Tour	41	74 km N	575	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jouy	89	199 km NE	510	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Heilly	80	336 km N	438	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	176 km NE	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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