Saint-Roch

Indre-et-Loire · CC de Gâtine-Racan · INSEE 37237

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

Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Roch (INSEE 37237) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC de Gâtine-Racan. Population 1,342 (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/37237-saint-roch

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 12,416 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (RG BOULANGERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE D'AUTREFOIS). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE D'LIRE DE LIRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (TERRAIN DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	RG BOULANGERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE D'AUTREFOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE D'LIRE DE LIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	TERRAIN DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 223 2023: 1,342 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,226 (2012) → 1,342 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 853 (1990) → 1,342 (2023): 57.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 549, of which 0.4 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km SEFood shop — 1.0 km SGP — 3.5 km NEPharmacy — 4.8 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 (Saint-Roch): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Roch): 1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Charentilly): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Membrolle-sur-Choisille): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Roch): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.5

Days at or below 0 °C 45.3

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FONDETTES weather station, 3.1 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONDETTES, 3.1 km away at 93 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 FONDETTES, 3.1 km away at 93 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 — 37237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37237
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37151
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
Brouckerque	59	409 km N	1,452	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Robecq	62	379 km N	1,328	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Les Alluets-le-Roi	78	191 km NE	1,390	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay-le-Pesnel	14	210 km NW	1,258	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Poligné	35	176 km W	1,261	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Landrethun-le-Nord	62	388 km N	1,242	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poligné	35	176 km W	1,261	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Les Alluets-le-Roi	78	191 km NE	1,390	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay-le-Pesnel	14	210 km NW	1,258	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Robecq	62	379 km N	1,328	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Landrethun-le-Nord	62	388 km N	1,242	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Brouckerque	59	409 km N	1,452	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · 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-Roch'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
La Chaussée-d'Ivry	28	173 km N	1,321	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Val-Saint-Germain	91	166 km NE	1,576	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-du-Cardonnay	76	231 km N	1,356	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Les Rairies	49	63 km W	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Torcé	35	154 km NW	1,281	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vimory	45	167 km E	1,099	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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