Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire · INSEE 37228

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (INSEE 37228) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Ouest Val de Loire. Population 1,116 (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/37228-saint-nicolas-de-bourgueil

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 13,672 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.49
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DE ROBILLARD DE BEAUREPAIRE MARION · SYLVAIN ET CYNTHIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ENTRE 2 FRERES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES LOGES JADES EURL · LE SAINT NICOLAS GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O'RESTO CHEZ FLO). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANAIS HAHUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN HUMBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST NICOLAS DE BOURGUEIL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-NICOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (FERNANDEZ LOPEZ VALERIE · MR BARBIER BY MEHDI · ENVOGUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DE ROBILLARD DE BEAUREPAIRE MARION · SYLVAIN ET CYNTHIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ENTRE 2 FRERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 LOGES JADES EURL · LE SAINT NICOLAS GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	O'RESTO CHEZ FLO	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)	2	ANAIS HAHUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN HUMBERT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	ST NICOLAS DE BOURGUEIL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-NICOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL	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	4	FERNANDEZ LOPEZ VALERIE · MR BARBIER BY MEHDI · ENVOGUE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,273 2023: 1,116 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,145 (2012) → 1,116 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,176 (1990) → 1,116 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 612, of which 6 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.3 km E 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-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bourgueil): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-NICOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL weather station, 1.4 km away at 44 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-NICOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL, 1.4 km away at 44 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

An average of 621 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-NICOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL, 1.4 km away at 44 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 — 37228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37031
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
Cheffes	49	61 km NW	1,044	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lussas	07	449 km SE	1,145	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vulbas	01	427 km E	1,247	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Plouray	56	280 km W	1,060	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	96 km S	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lombers	81	418 km SE	1,080	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cheffes	49	61 km NW	1,044	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	96 km S	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Plouray	56	280 km W	1,060	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lombers	81	418 km SE	1,080	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vulbas	01	427 km E	1,247	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Lussas	07	449 km SE	1,145	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil'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
Cheffes	49	61 km NW	1,044	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	96 km S	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-Saint-Avant	37	47 km SE	1,079	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Félines	07	416 km SE	1,934	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Challes	72	75 km N	1,156	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Brigueuil	16	158 km S	1,095	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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