Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne

Identity

Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne (INSEE 37220) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire. Population 360 (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/37220-saint-germain-sur-vienne

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 18,057 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.

Services

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 382 (2012) → 360 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 356 (1990) → 360 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 16.1 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Savigny-en-Véron): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontevraud-l'Abbaye): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avoine): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fontevraud-l'Abbaye): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAVIGNY - VERON weather station, 5.5 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY - VERON, 5.5 km away at 33 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 639 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNY - VERON, 5.5 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

44 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 120,000 € — 1,168 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37220/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37220/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37220/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37220/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37242
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49140
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37011
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37220
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025