Saint-Flovier
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Flovier (INSEE 37218) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Loches Sud Touraine. Population 576 (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/37218-saint-flovier
Vitality score
Vitality score 49/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 17,292 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.81 | 10 | 8.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.06 |
| Housing mix | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BERTHOUD MARIE-CLAIRE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE LA SOURCE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAULINE GABORIEAU, MÉDECIN · BERTRAND LAUERIÈRE, MÉDECIN · MARY LEBLEU, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE BRUNEAU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT FLOVIER AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-FLOVIER). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BERTHOUD MARIE-CLAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | AUBERGE DE LA SOURCE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | PAULINE GABORIEAU, MÉDECIN · BERTRAND LAUERIÈRE, MÉDECIN · MARY LEBLEU, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE BRUNEAU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | 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 FLOVIER AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-FLOVIER | 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 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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
Population 598 (2012) → 576 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 636 (1990) → 576 (2023): -9.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 423, of which 18.4 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Flovier): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Flovier): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Flovier): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Preuilly-sur-Claise): 14.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Flovier): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FERRIERE-LARCON weather station, 11.7 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 128 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at FERRIERE-LARCON, 11.7 km away at 116 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FERRIERE-LARCON, 11.7 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
63 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 90,000 € — 741 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37218/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37218/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37218/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37218/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37218
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37189
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urcel | 02 | 337 km NE | 534 | 54.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Faucogney-et-la-Mer | 70 | 428 km E | 454 | 50.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| Colombier-le-Jeune | 07 | 358 km SE | 563 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sauveterre-la-Lémance | 47 | 264 km S | 563 | 45.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
| Tardets-Sorholus | 64 | 453 km S | 589 | 71.4 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 % |
| Mazères-sur-Salat | 31 | 427 km S | 628 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauveterre-la-Lémance | 47 | 264 km S | 563 | 45.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
| Urcel | 02 | 337 km NE | 534 | 54.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Colombier-le-Jeune | 07 | 358 km SE | 563 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mazères-sur-Salat | 31 | 427 km S | 628 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Faucogney-et-la-Mer | 70 | 428 km E | 454 | 50.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tardets-Sorholus | 64 | 453 km S | 589 | 71.4 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 % |
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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-Flovier'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombier-le-Jeune | 07 | 358 km SE | 563 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy | 81 | 373 km S | 619 | 55.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre | 36 | 96 km SE | 778 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ouarville | 28 | 164 km N | 548 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brigueuil | 16 | 114 km S | 1,095 | 39.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montgaillard | 65 | 433 km S | 816 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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