Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny

Indre-et-Loire · Tours Métropole Val de Loire · INSEE 37217

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

Partly served 40/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny (INSEE 37217) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of Tours Métropole Val de Loire. Population 1,579 (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/37217-saint-etienne-de-chigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 40/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 11,239 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.86	10	8.57
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (BOULANGERIE DES BORDS DE LOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES HALLES DE CHIGNY). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DE BEAUVOIS · SOCIETE HOTELIERE DU VAL DE LOIRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRUNO JOLY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ETIENNE DE CHIGNY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-ETIENNE-DE-CHIGNY LA GRANGE AUX LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE DE LA MAURIERE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU DE BEAUVOIS). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DES BORDS DE LOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LES HALLES DE CHIGNY	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	2	DOMAINE DE BEAUVOIS · SOCIETE HOTELIERE DU VAL DE LOIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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)	1	BRUNO JOLY, 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 ETIENNE DE CHIGNY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-ETIENNE-DE-CHIGNY LA GRANGE AUX LIVRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE DE LA MAURIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CHATEAU DE BEAUVOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 692 peak 2017: 1,606 2023: 1,579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,442 (2012) → 1,579 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,164 (1990) → 1,579 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 730, of which 3.2 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.0 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 (Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Luynes): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.5

Days at or below 0 °C 45.3

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FONDETTES weather station, 9.1 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 47 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FONDETTES, 9.1 km away at 93 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUYNES, 4 km away at 85 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 — 37217/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37217/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37217/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37217/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37139
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
Denicé	69	350 km SE	1,571	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-Louestault	37	25 km NE	1,813	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Miribel-les-Échelles	38	453 km SE	1,713	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon	01	360 km E	1,890	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Cartignies	59	389 km NE	1,209	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Awala-Yalimapo	973	6,922 km SW	1,577	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 39 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaumont-Louestault	37	25 km NE	1,813	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Denicé	69	350 km SE	1,571	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon	01	360 km E	1,890	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Cartignies	59	389 km NE	1,209	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Miribel-les-Échelles	38	453 km SE	1,713	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Awala-Yalimapo	973	6,922 km SW	1,577	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 39 %

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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-Étienne-de-Chigny'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
Beaumont-Louestault	37	25 km NE	1,813	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Venoy	89	239 km E	1,741	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saché	37	14 km S	1,403	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément	19	243 km S	1,386	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	80 km W	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chambourg-sur-Indre	37	40 km SE	1,265	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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