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Saint-Règle

Indre-et-Loire · CC du Val d'Amboise · INSEE 37236

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Règle (INSEE 37236) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Val d'Amboise. Population 599 (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/37236-saint-regle

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 17,078 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9154.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 228 peak 2017: 609 2023: 599 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 520 (2012) → 599 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 330 (1990) → 599 (2023): 81.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 243, of which 4.5 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.4 km NW (Chargé)Food shop — 2.8 km W (Amboise)Pharmacy — 2.8 km W (Amboise)Bakery — 3.0 km W (Amboise)
In the commune Primary school GP — 2.4 km NWFood shop — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 2.8 km WBakery — 3.0 km W 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 (Amboise): 3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Amboise): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Chargé): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Amboise): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Règle): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the AMBOISE - LYCEE weather station, 5.9 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 82 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at AMBOISE - LYCEE, 5.9 km away at 116 m, over 27 summers. [11]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at AMBOISE - LYCEE, 5.9 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

34 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 280,500 € — 1,628 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

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 — 37236/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37236/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37236/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37236/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37003
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37060
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37236
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bertaucourt-Epourdon02301 km NE60122.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Muirancourt60287 km NE58721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rieux76283 km N58321.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Meulers76271 km N57724Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Castel-Sarrazin40445 km S55924.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Le Coudray-sur-Thelle60225 km N55421.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Coudray-sur-Thelle60225 km N55421.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Meulers76271 km N57724Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Rieux76283 km N58321.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Muirancourt60287 km NE58721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bertaucourt-Epourdon02301 km NE60122.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Castel-Sarrazin40445 km S55924.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %

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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-Règle'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Muirancourt60287 km NE58721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnoy-le-Luat60238 km NE55124.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Limoges-Fourches77181 km NE62525Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mousseaux-sur-Seine78187 km N68923.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lesches77210 km NE76322.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lahoussoye80302 km N44224.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %