Villaines-les-Rochers

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine Vallée de l'Indre · INSEE 37271

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villaines-les-Rochers (INSEE 37271) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. Population 1,051 (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/37271-villaines-les-rochers

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 14,032 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.63	10	6.3
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MATHIEUX MERINE). ^[4,3]

3 × Restaurant (DU POULAILLER A L'ASSIETTE · LES DOCKS PIZZAS · PA.TA.TRA). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERIK ORSENNA). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLAINES LES ROCHERS AP). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MATHIEUX MERINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	DU POULAILLER A L'ASSIETTE · LES DOCKS PIZZAS · PA.TA.TRA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERIK ORSENNA	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VILLAINES LES ROCHERS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 836 peak 2017: 1,067 2023: 1,051 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,006 (2012) → 1,051 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 930 (1990) → 1,051 (2023): 13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 547, of which 5.1 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.5 km NWBakery — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km NW 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 (Cheillé): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villaines-les-Rochers): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cheillé): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cheillé): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villaines-les-Rochers): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHEILLE weather station, 8.3 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHEILLE, 8.3 km away at 60 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AVON-LES-ROCHES, 4.9 km away at 106 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 — 37271/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37271/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37271/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37271/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37271
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
Mimbaste	40	413 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 %
Hautefage-la-Tour	47	323 km S	1,029	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Essouvert	17	158 km SW	1,021	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Grépiac	31	431 km S	1,017	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Létra	69	338 km SE	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Élix-le-Château	31	441 km S	933	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Essouvert	17	158 km SW	1,021	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hautefage-la-Tour	47	323 km S	1,029	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Létra	69	338 km SE	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mimbaste	40	413 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 %
Grépiac	31	431 km S	1,017	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Élix-le-Château	31	441 km S	933	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Villaines-les-Rochers'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
Essouvert	17	158 km SW	1,021	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Létra	69	338 km SE	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-en-Belin	72	71 km N	1,313	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Villemaréchal	77	212 km NE	1,055	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Charnay	69	352 km SE	1,023	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Val-du-Maine	53	105 km NW	952	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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