Nouans-les-Fontaines
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Nouans-les-Fontaines (INSEE 37173) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Loches Sud Touraine. Population 672 (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/37173-nouans-les-fontaines
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 16,597 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.31 | 10 | 3.12 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU CARREFOUR DES PAINS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALE DE LA VALLEE DE L'INDRE). [3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (DE LA CRIEE AU PANIER). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (NOUANS LES FONTAINES AP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AU CARREFOUR DES PAINS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALE DE LA VALLEE DE L'INDRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LE PETIT MARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | DE LA CRIEE AU PANIER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | 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 | NOUANS LES FONTAINES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | STADE MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 791 (2012) → 672 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 828 (1990) → 672 (2023): -18.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 519, of which 12.9 % second homes and 19.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Nouans-les-Fontaines): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nouans-les-Fontaines): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Écueillé): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Villeloin-Coulangé): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Nouans-les-Fontaines): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BEAUMONT_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 118 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BEAUMONT_SAPC, 8 km away at 126 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BEAUMONT_SAPC, 8 km away at 126 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
92 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 82,000 € — 660 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37173/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37173/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37173/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37173/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37173
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36069
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37277
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brocas | 40 | 372 km SW | 721 | 56.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 % |
| La Bastide-sur-l'Hers | 09 | 467 km S | 676 | 59.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roche-en-Brenil | 21 | 219 km E | 911 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Domats | 89 | 171 km NE | 779 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Almenêches | 61 | 195 km NW | 638 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Garnat-sur-Engièvre | 03 | 188 km E | 653 | 46.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domats | 89 | 171 km NE | 779 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Garnat-sur-Engièvre | 03 | 188 km E | 653 | 46.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Almenêches | 61 | 195 km NW | 638 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roche-en-Brenil | 21 | 219 km E | 911 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brocas | 40 | 372 km SW | 721 | 56.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 % |
| La Bastide-sur-l'Hers | 09 | 467 km S | 676 | 59.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · 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 Nouans-les-Fontaines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-en-Brenil | 21 | 219 km E | 911 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Domats | 89 | 171 km NE | 779 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ygrande | 03 | 141 km SE | 762 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mers-sur-Indre | 36 | 69 km SE | 659 | 51 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mosnes | 37 | 39 km NW | 812 | 52 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Angliers | 86 | 92 km W | 612 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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