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Rivarennes

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Vallée de l'Indre · INSEE 37200

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

Few services 31.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rivarennes (INSEE 37200) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. Population 1,000 (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/37200-rivarennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 14,333 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.9109.04
Housing mix0.854.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHARLES PERRAULT). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLINE DUCHEMIN, MÉDECIN · SERGE PELTIER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE RIVARENNES). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES TERRASSES DE RIVARENNES). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHARLES PERRAULTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2CAROLINE DUCHEMIN, MÉDECIN · SERGE PELTIER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE RIVARENNESINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1RIVARENNES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1L'ATELIER DE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES TERRASSES DE RIVARENNESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 725 peak 2012: 1,030 2023: 1,000 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,030 (2012) → 1,000 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 712 (1990) → 1,000 (2023): 40.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 499, of which 9.8 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.7 km NW (Coteaux-sur-Loire)Food shop — 4.6 km N (Coteaux-sur-Loire)Pharmacy — 7.4 km NE (Langeais)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.7 km NWFood shop — 4.6 km NPharmacy — 7.4 km NE 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 (Coteaux-sur-Loire): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Coteaux-sur-Loire): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Rivarennes): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Langeais): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Rivarennes): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHEILLE weather station, 3.9 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 40 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHEILLE, 3.9 km away at 60 m, over 27 summers. [11]

An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHEILLE, 3.9 km away at 60 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37200/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37200/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37200/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37200/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37232
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37200
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37123
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Frencq62379 km N89344.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Ternand69352 km SE76244.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Luzillé3753 km E98737.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Diges89235 km E1,05219.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Restigné379.5 km W1,13939.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chérac17184 km S1,13019.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Restigné379.5 km W1,13939.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Luzillé3753 km E98737.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chérac17184 km S1,13019.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Diges89235 km E1,05219.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Ternand69352 km SE76244.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Frencq62379 km N89344.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · 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 Rivarennes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Luzillé3753 km E98737.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Diges89235 km E1,05219.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Restigné379.5 km W1,13939.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Lizaigne36130 km E1,10119.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt375.7 km SW84222.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Limeray3756 km NE1,25228.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %