Saint-Branchs

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Vallée de l'Indre · INSEE 37211

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

Partly served 51.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Branchs (INSEE 37211) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. Population 2,637 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/37211-saint-branchs

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 7,932 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.75	10	7.54
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GILLIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERMARCHE G20). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE SAINT BRANCHOIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (INA GRADINARU, MÉDECIN · THIERRY SALMON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SAINT-BRANCHS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (AIRE DE JEUX). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (REISINHO MARIA DE FATIMA · L'HAIR CREATIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GILLIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SUPERMARCHE G20	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	RESTAURANT LE SAINT BRANCHOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CERISIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	INA GRADINARU, MÉDECIN · THIERRY SALMON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE POIRIER	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	SAINT BRANCHS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SAINT-BRANCHS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	AIRE DE JEUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	REISINHO MARIA DE FATIMA · L'HAIR CREATIF	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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 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: 1,621 2023: 2,637 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,540 (2012) → 2,637 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,103 (1990) → 2,637 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,217, of which 1.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 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 (Saint-Branchs): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Branchs): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Branchs): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Branchs): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Branchs): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 46.5

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the REIGNAC weather station, 9.7 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at REIGNAC, 9.7 km away at 90 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-BRANCHS, 3.7 km away at 85 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 — 37211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37211
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
Richebourg	62	399 km N	2,687	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Couffé	44	157 km W	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges-sur-l'Autize	79	133 km SW	2,345	61	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Marboz	01	355 km E	2,264	62.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Rédené	29	325 km W	3,043	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Plumelec	56	265 km W	2,754	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coulonges-sur-l'Autize	79	133 km SW	2,345	61	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Couffé	44	157 km W	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Plumelec	56	265 km W	2,754	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Rédené	29	325 km W	3,043	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Marboz	01	355 km E	2,264	62.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Richebourg	62	399 km N	2,687	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · 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 Saint-Branchs'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
Couffé	44	157 km W	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre	79	119 km SW	2,250	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Oradour-sur-Glane	87	146 km S	2,550	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Athée-sur-Cher	37	15 km NE	2,855	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Wingersheim les Quatre Bans	67	537 km E	2,342	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Château-Thébaud	44	166 km W	3,129	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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