La Ville-aux-Dames
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Ville-aux-Dames (INSEE 37273) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine-Est Vallées. Population 5,606 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/37273-la-ville-aux-dames
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 58 % of the 4,220 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 | 0.43 | 25 | 10.64 |
| Social | 0.71 | 20 | 14.22 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.84 | 10 | 8.37 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ESPRIT DE PAINS · LULO BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES BOUCHERS DE LA VILL'O). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FVMG). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · ACTION · DAMES-DIS). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (LA CASE A PIZZA · MC DONALD'S · PIZZ AND CREPE · LA BRASSERIE DES DAMES · AK SPACE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE GEORGE SAND · LE TWENTY'S). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE COLETTE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE CURIE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NICOLAS SAUVAGE, MÉDECIN · AURELIE THIBAULT, MÉDECIN · AMARYLLIS BEIGNEUX, MÉDECIN · DENIS VIROS, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DALLET, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES DAMES). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LA VILLE AUX DAMES GD VILLAGE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA VILLE-AUX-DAMES). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (ERIC STIPA · VALERIE · S'TIFANY · VINHEIRAS LOURO OTILIA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (WESTOTEL TOURS VAL DE LOIRE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ACACIAS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIE ESPRIT DE PAINS · LULO BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LES BOUCHERS DE LA VILL'O | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | FVMG | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | ALDI MARCHE · ACTION · DAMES-DIS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | LA CASE A PIZZA · MC DONALD'S · PIZZ AND CREPE · LA BRASSERIE DES DAMES · AK SPACE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE GEORGE SAND · LE TWENTY'S | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE COLETTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE CURIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | NICOLAS SAUVAGE, MÉDECIN · AURELIE THIBAULT, MÉDECIN · AMARYLLIS BEIGNEUX, MÉDECIN · DENIS VIROS, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DALLET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES DAMES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LA VILLE AUX DAMES GD VILLAGE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA VILLE-AUX-DAMES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 8 | ERIC STIPA · VALERIE · S'TIFANY · VINHEIRAS LOURO OTILIA | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | WESTOTEL TOURS VAL DE LOIRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES ACACIAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 5,021 (2012) → 5,606 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,193 (1990) → 5,606 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,570, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Ville-aux-Dames): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Ville-aux-Dames): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (La Ville-aux-Dames): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Ville-aux-Dames): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Ville-aux-Dames): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the TOURS weather station, 6 km away at 108 m; the village itself is at 50 m. [9]
The village sits 58 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at TOURS, 6 km away at 108 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 58 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at TOURS - CARCAS., 4.4 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37273/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37273/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37273/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37273/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37273
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parmain | 95 | 219 km NE | 5,655 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lardy | 91 | 168 km NE | 5,530 | 58.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pollestres | 66 | 554 km S | 5,548 | 54 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 % |
| Grans | 13 | 538 km SE | 5,489 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Viarmes | 95 | 226 km NE | 5,558 | 55.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Wallers | 59 | 383 km NE | 5,633 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lardy | 91 | 168 km NE | 5,530 | 58.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Parmain | 95 | 219 km NE | 5,655 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Viarmes | 95 | 226 km NE | 5,558 | 55.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Wallers | 59 | 383 km NE | 5,633 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grans | 13 | 538 km SE | 5,489 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pollestres | 66 | 554 km S | 5,548 | 54 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 % |
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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 La Ville-aux-Dames'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnage | 72 | 73 km NW | 5,445 | 55.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Pellerin | 44 | 191 km W | 5,319 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Haute-Goulaine | 44 | 167 km W | 6,095 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Veigné | 37 | 12 km S | 6,865 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chauray | 79 | 144 km SW | 7,221 | 68.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaucouzé | 49 | 105 km W | 5,732 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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