Richelieu

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Val de Vienne · INSEE 37196

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 59.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Richelieu (INSEE 37196) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Val de Vienne. Population 1,598 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/37196-richelieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 11,158 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.86	20	17.27
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.22	10	2.19
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BAGUETTE RUSTIQUE · LA MIE CLAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CAMUS). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (SARL DE L HOTEL DE VILLE · LA TREILLE DOREE · LE 23 NOTRE NOUVEAU MONDE · M'FAMILY · LE KALUSSA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE · LE RICHELIEU). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN FONTAINE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE LE PUITS DE LA ROCHE · COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROMAIN PROVOST, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ REBOUILLEAU, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD SACCOMANDI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CASAROLI ROBIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE RICHELIEU). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (MAJESTIC). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU PUITS DE LA ROCHE). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE RICHELIEU) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUT RICHELIEU · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ARTEMODA FACTORY BY EMILIE · L'ATELIER DU CARDINAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE PUITS DORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE CARDINAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LA BAGUETTE RUSTIQUE · LA MIE CLAIRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CAMUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	SARL DE L HOTEL DE VILLE · LA TREILLE DOREE · LE 23 NOTRE NOUVEAU MONDE · M'FAMILY · LE KALUSSA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LA TAVERNE · LE RICHELIEU	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE LE PUITS DE LA ROCHE · COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ROMAIN PROVOST, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ REBOUILLEAU, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD SACCOMANDI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CASAROLI ROBIN	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE RICHELIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	MAJESTIC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU PUITS DE LA ROCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE RICHELIEU) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUT RICHELIEU · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ARTEMODA FACTORY BY EMILIE · L'ATELIER DU CARDINAL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE PUITS DORE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE CARDINAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,214 peak 1975: 2,444 2023: 1,598 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,848 (2012) → 1,598 (2023): -13.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,223 (1990) → 1,598 (2023): -28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,232, of which 13.1 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 km W 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 (Richelieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Richelieu): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Richelieu): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Richelieu): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Richelieu): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COURCOUE weather station, 5.5 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 53 m. ^[9]

The village sits 62 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LIGRE, 11.7 km away at 67 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at COURCOUE, 5.5 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37196
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
Gouzon	23	172 km SE	1,558	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Badonviller	54	518 km E	1,497	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 %
Clairvaux-les-Lacs	39	416 km E	1,426	61.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Boulogne-sur-Gesse	31	415 km S	1,673	64.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Chalais	16	195 km S	1,812	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montguyon	17	204 km S	1,705	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gouzon	23	172 km SE	1,558	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Chalais	16	195 km S	1,812	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montguyon	17	204 km S	1,705	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Boulogne-sur-Gesse	31	415 km S	1,673	64.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Clairvaux-les-Lacs	39	416 km E	1,426	61.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Badonviller	54	518 km E	1,497	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Richelieu'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
Chalais	16	195 km S	1,812	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Beauvoir-sur-Niort	79	111 km SW	1,765	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gaultier	36	94 km SE	1,701	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Matha	17	137 km S	2,191	72	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Aulnay	17	122 km SW	1,410	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lusignan	86	66 km S	2,544	61.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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