Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt

Indre-et-Loire · CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire · INSEE 37210

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt (INSEE 37210) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire. Population 842 (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/37210-saint-benoit-la-foret

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 15,348 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.39	10	3.9
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER GIRY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BENOIT LA FORET AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DIDIER GIRY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	SAINT BENOIT LA FORET 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	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

1968: 334 peak 1975: 1,335 2023: 842 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 888 (2012) → 842 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 946 (1990) → 842 (2023): -11 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 6.1 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.0 km SFood shop — 5.4 km WBakery — 5.5 km WPharmacy — 7.6 km SW 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 (Huismes): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Huismes): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt): 1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chinon): 7.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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, 7.6 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHEILLE, 7.6 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, 7.6 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37210/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37210/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37210/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37210/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37072
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
Terminiers	28	143 km NE	881	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge	17	181 km S	647	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Cartigny	80	359 km NE	688	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-du-Vernay	14	233 km N	831	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Trespoux-Rassiels	46	323 km S	845	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Baigts-de-Béarn	64	422 km S	855	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Terminiers	28	143 km NE	881	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge	17	181 km S	647	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Paul-du-Vernay	14	233 km N	831	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Trespoux-Rassiels	46	323 km S	845	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cartigny	80	359 km NE	688	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Baigts-de-Béarn	64	422 km S	855	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt'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
Terminiers	28	143 km NE	881	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Lizaigne	36	131 km E	1,101	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Diges	89	238 km E	1,052	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Orphin	78	186 km NE	875	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Jazeneuil	86	86 km S	793	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Brûlain	79	123 km SW	735	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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