Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets

Indre-et-Loire · CC du Castelrenaudais · INSEE 37229

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 21.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets (INSEE 37229) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Castelrenaudais. Population 238 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 21.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 16,971 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.59
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (O SAVEURS DE LYSA (LA FORGE)). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	O SAVEURS DE LYSA (LA FORGE)	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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

1968: 165 peak 2012: 268 2023: 238 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 268 (2012) → 238 (2023): -11.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 189 (1990) → 238 (2023): 25.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 7.8 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.2 km SWFood shop — 5.7 km NGP — 7.9 km EBakery — 8.1 km EPharmacy — 8.8 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 (Herbault): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Cyr-du-Gault): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Herbault): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Herbault): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Morand): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 43.1

Muggy days a summer 1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAUNAY weather station, 8 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 151 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAUNAY, 8 km away at 109 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 668 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUNAY, 8 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37229/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37229/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37229/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37229/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37160
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
Le Mesnil-Jourdain	27	177 km N	236	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Tasque	32	446 km S	243	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %
Foisches	08	393 km NE	233	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 %
Welles-Pérennes	60	249 km NE	233	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulces-Champenoises	08	329 km NE	219	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Francheville	21	289 km E	256	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mesnil-Jourdain	27	177 km N	236	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Welles-Pérennes	60	249 km NE	233	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Francheville	21	289 km E	256	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saulces-Champenoises	08	329 km NE	219	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Foisches	08	393 km NE	233	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 %
Tasque	32	446 km S	243	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %

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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-des-Motets'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
Welles-Pérennes	60	249 km NE	233	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulces-Champenoises	08	329 km NE	219	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Brives	36	107 km SE	237	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bucy-Saint-Liphard	45	67 km NE	215	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cormainville	28	75 km NE	213	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Escorpain	28	127 km N	223	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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