Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines (INSEE 37224) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Castelrenaudais. Population 873 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/37224-saint-laurent-en-gatines
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 96 % of the 15,146 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.48 | 10 | 4.75 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.65 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DORE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU P'TIT MARCHE DE GATINE). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LES PETITS PLATS D'ALINE · LE DABALI). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MICHEL WERQUIN, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-ANTOINE GABRIEL, MÉDECIN · APOLLINE PICARD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT LAURENT EN GATINES AP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DORE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | AU P'TIT MARCHE DE GATINE | 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 | LES PETITS PLATS D'ALINE · LE DABALI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | JEAN-MICHEL WERQUIN, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-ANTOINE GABRIEL, MÉDECIN · APOLLINE PICARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [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 LAURENT EN GATINES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 949 (2012) → 873 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 690 (1990) → 873 (2023): 26.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 418, of which 3.3 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Nouzilly): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-LAURENT-EN-G weather station, 1.7 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 161 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at SAUNAY, 11.6 km away at 109 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 52 m below 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 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT-EN-G, 1.7 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
57 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 189,000 € — 1,313 € 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 — 37224/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37224/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37224/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37224/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37224
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37175
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre-en-Yvelines | 78 | 153 km NE | 1,008 | 53.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lehaucourt | 02 | 317 km NE | 822 | 44.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Azé | 41 | 34 km NE | 971 | 46.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Achiet-le-Grand | 62 | 319 km NE | 974 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Désert | 71 | 311 km E | 896 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fyé | 72 | 97 km NW | 1,013 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azé | 41 | 34 km NE | 971 | 46.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fyé | 72 | 97 km NW | 1,013 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 % |
| Dampierre-en-Yvelines | 78 | 153 km NE | 1,008 | 53.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Désert | 71 | 311 km E | 896 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lehaucourt | 02 | 317 km NE | 822 | 44.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Achiet-le-Grand | 62 | 319 km NE | 974 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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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-Laurent-en-Gâtines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre-en-Yvelines | 78 | 153 km NE | 1,008 | 53.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Azé | 41 | 34 km NE | 971 | 46.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Désert | 71 | 311 km E | 896 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villaines-sous-Malicorne | 72 | 69 km W | 1,032 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oltingue | 68 | 497 km E | 695 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Agen-d'Aveyron | 12 | 388 km SE | 1,116 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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