La Riche
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Riche (INSEE 37195) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of Tours Métropole Val de Loire. Population 10,487 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/37195-la-riche
Vitality score
Vitality score 44.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 2,336 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 | 0.24 | 25 | 5.88 |
| Social | 0.55 | 20 | 11.07 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.49 | 10 | 4.94 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.84 | 10 | 8.38 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS FRANCOU · LA GOURMANDISE DE LA RICHE · BOULANGERIE SAINTE ANNE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION GENERALE). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (SUPER U · LIDL · GREECE 32). [3,4]
2 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA PASSION DU FROMAGE). [4]
10 × Restaurant (VAN DE WOESTYNE MYRIAME · BURG & PIZZ · LE SAINTE ANNE · LE CLAIR · SNACK TIME). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE JEAN BART · LA COCOTTE). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE HENRI TAMISIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE PELLIN). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL BERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE F.BUISSON). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ZEINA MEYER, MÉDECIN · MAX MANZANARES, MÉDECIN · LAURE CHEVILLOT, MÉDECIN · YANNICK MASSET, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE RIEU, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PRIEURE · PHARMACIE BOURGINE SCHNEIDER · PHARMACIE SAINTE ANNE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (LA PLEIADE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF PAUL BERT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PAUL RACAULT). [3]
6 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE DE LA RICHE) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LA RICHE). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (HISTOIRE DE CHEVEUX · ERIC STIPA · JEAN LOUIS DAVID). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | SAS FRANCOU · LA GOURMANDISE DE LA RICHE · BOULANGERIE SAINTE ANNE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | ALIMENTATION GENERALE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | SUPER U · LIDL · GREECE 32 | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 2 | LA PASSION DU FROMAGE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | VAN DE WOESTYNE MYRIAME · BURG & PIZZ · LE SAINTE ANNE · LE CLAIR · SNACK TIME | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE JEAN BART · LA COCOTTE | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE HENRI TAMISIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE PELLIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL BERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE F.BUISSON | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | ZEINA MEYER, MÉDECIN · MAX MANZANARES, MÉDECIN · LAURE CHEVILLOT, MÉDECIN · YANNICK MASSET, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE RIEU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DU PRIEURE · PHARMACIE BOURGINE SCHNEIDER · PHARMACIE SAINTE ANNE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LA PLEIADE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF PAUL BERT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PAUL RACAULT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 6 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE DE LA RICHE) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LA RICHE | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 7 | HISTOIRE DE CHEVEUX · ERIC STIPA · JEAN LOUIS DAVID | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [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 | 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
Population 10,207 (2012) → 10,487 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 7,838 (1990) → 10,487 (2023): 33.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 6,223, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Riche): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Riche): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (La Riche): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Riche): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Riche): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the JOUE-LES-TOURS weather station, 5.7 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 48 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at JOUE-LES-TOURS, 5.7 km away at 93 m, over 24 summers. [9]
An average of 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ST-CYR/LOIRE, 3.9 km away at 93 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
274 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 265,000 € — 2,849 € per m² of built surface. [10]
647 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 137,000 € — 2,752 € per m². [10]
The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
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 — 37195/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37195/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37195/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37195/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37195
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épinay-sur-Orge | 91 | 189 km NE | 10,722 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maxéville | 54 | 435 km E | 10,090 | 40.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méry-sur-Oise | 95 | 218 km NE | 9,983 | 55.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Jean-le-Blanc | 45 | 110 km NE | 9,562 | 53 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | 91 | 179 km NE | 11,623 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méricourt | 62 | 372 km NE | 11,619 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-le-Blanc | 45 | 110 km NE | 9,562 | 53 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | 91 | 179 km NE | 11,623 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Épinay-sur-Orge | 91 | 189 km NE | 10,722 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méry-sur-Oise | 95 | 218 km NE | 9,983 | 55.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Méricourt | 62 | 372 km NE | 11,619 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maxéville | 54 | 435 km E | 10,090 | 40.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · 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 La Riche'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épinay-sur-Orge | 91 | 189 km NE | 10,722 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | 91 | 179 km NE | 11,623 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Plessis-Bouchard | 95 | 214 km NE | 8,518 | 55.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Déville-lès-Rouen | 76 | 233 km N | 10,802 | 50.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villebon-sur-Yvette | 91 | 187 km NE | 10,291 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pierrelaye | 95 | 213 km NE | 10,130 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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