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Seuilly

Indre-et-Loire · CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire · INSEE 37248

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

Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Seuilly (INSEE 37248) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire. Population 368 (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/37248-seuilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 18,024 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
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.51105.05
Housing mix0.7753.85

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 1 of 4
Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC BLERVAQUE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SEUILLY). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (SIGNATURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ERIC BLERVAQUE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SEUILLYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1SIGNATUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 358 peak 2007: 375 2023: 368 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 346 (2012) → 368 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 366 (1990) → 368 (2023): 0.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 11.5 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.6 km N (Cinais)Pharmacy — 1.8 km NE (La Roche-Clermault)Food shop — 5.2 km NE (Chinon)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.6 km NPharmacy — 1.8 km NEFood shop — 5.2 km NE 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 (Cinais): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chinon): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Seuilly): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (La Roche-Clermault): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Seuilly): 0.2 km to the west (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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the CHINON - VITI weather station, 7.2 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 41 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at CHINON - VITI, 7.2 km away at 76 m, over 25 summers. [12]

An average of 669 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CHINON - VITI, 7.2 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37248/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37248/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37248/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37248/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37076
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37072
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37248
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 37202
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Osse25457 km E37229.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 %
Vaudricourt80347 km N41422.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Damas-et-Bettegney88471 km E39027Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Amy60342 km NE41926.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Smermesnil76316 km N36125.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Genay21314 km E37022.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Genay21314 km E37022.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Smermesnil76316 km N36125.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Amy60342 km NE41926.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Vaudricourt80347 km N41422.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Osse25457 km E37229.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 %
Damas-et-Bettegney88471 km E39027Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Seuilly'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
Saint-Marc-la-Lande7980 km SW35621.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Eyzerac24202 km S54124.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cléré-sur-Layon4945 km W34818.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chichery89265 km E42620Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Guitinières17196 km S47924.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Écurat17164 km SW43826.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %