Saint-Épain

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Val de Vienne · INSEE 37216

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

Partly served 42/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Épain (INSEE 37216) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Val de Vienne. Population 1,471 (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/37216-saint-epain

Vitality score

Vitality score 42/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 11,790 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.6	10	6.02
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE BRETONNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA SAINTE-EPINOISE BOUCHERIE CHARCU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARINE CHAIGNEAU, MÉDECIN · JOCELYNE LAUDIER-NINA, MÉDECIN · JUDIT BEAUDOIRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE RAYMOND QUENEAU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ECLECTIK). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU BOIS FLEURI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE BRETONNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA SAINTE-EPINOISE BOUCHERIE CHARCU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	L'ATELIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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)	3	MARINE CHAIGNEAU, MÉDECIN · JOCELYNE LAUDIER-NINA, MÉDECIN · JUDIT BEAUDOIRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAINT EPAIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT EPAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE RAYMOND QUENEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	ECLECTIK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU BOIS FLEURI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,525 peak 2017: 1,572 2023: 1,471 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,552 (2012) → 1,471 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,335 (1990) → 1,471 (2023): 10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 829, of which 8.8 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.2 km SE 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-Épain): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Épain): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Épain): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.6

Days at or below 0 °C 32.2

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-EPAIN weather station, 5.3 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 58 m. ^[10]

The village sits 54 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-EPAIN, 5.3 km away at 112 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 739 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-EPAIN, 5.3 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37216/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37216/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37216/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37216/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37226
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
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	174 km N	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Changy	45	179 km NE	1,503	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Coligny	01	376 km E	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 %
Rolampont	52	368 km E	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	29 km S	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Biol	38	415 km SE	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	29 km S	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	174 km N	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Changy	45	179 km NE	1,503	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Rolampont	52	368 km E	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Coligny	01	376 km E	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 %
Biol	38	415 km SE	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 18 % · 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 Saint-Épain'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
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	29 km S	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Quintenas	07	387 km SE	1,770	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurie	69	335 km E	1,382	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Perpezac-le-Noir	19	217 km S	1,270	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Civaux	86	79 km S	1,210	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Maillezais	85	130 km SW	890	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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