Avaray

Loir-et-Cher · CC Beauce Val de Loire · INSEE 41008

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

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avaray (INSEE 41008) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Beauce Val de Loire. Population 672 (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/41008-avaray

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,597 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.81	10	8.07
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FERME DES 3 MAILLETS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE AVARAY-LESTIOU). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	LA FERME DES 3 MAILLETS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE AVARAY-LESTIOU	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 491 peak 2017: 737 2023: 672 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 720 (2012) → 672 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 514 (1990) → 672 (2023): 30.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 10.3 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.9 km NFood shop — 3.1 km SEBakery — 3.2 km EPharmacy — 3.2 km EGP — 3.6 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-Laurent-Nouan): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Laurent-Nouan): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Laurent-Nouan): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-Nouan): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Avaray): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

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

Measured at the ST-LEONARD-EN-B weather station, 17 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[10]

An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-LEONARD-EN-B, 17 km away at 126 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 — 41008/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41008/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41008/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41008/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41220
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41008
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
Rosnay	85	254 km SW	672	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Taller	40	474 km SW	693	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Salignac	04	523 km SE	678	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 34 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel	61	121 km NW	667	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Juilley	50	237 km NW	691	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %
Cleebourg	67	488 km E	626	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel	61	121 km NW	667	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Juilley	50	237 km NW	691	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %
Rosnay	85	254 km SW	672	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Taller	40	474 km SW	693	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Cleebourg	67	488 km E	626	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Salignac	04	523 km SE	678	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 34 %

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