Blois
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 83.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Blois (INSEE 41018) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 47,219 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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/41018-blois
Vitality score
Vitality score 83.6/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 77 % of the 474 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 | 0.88 | 25 | 21.88 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.99 |
| Education | 0.96 | 10 | 9.56 |
| Health | 0.85 | 10 | 8.53 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.94 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.57 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.57 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
30 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ATELIER DU CONFISEUR · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LALLIOT JEZAEL). [3,4]
10 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE SOLOGNE FRAIS · MICHEL MOTHMORA TRAITEUR ANTILLAIS · L'ART DE LA BOUCHERIE · CHARCUTERIE PICOT · BOEUF DU LIMOISIN). [3,4]
22 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI-SERVICE FRANCO-ASIATIQUE · M.G. VIENNE · BEREKET MARKET · EPICERIE ESSALAM · CHEZ HAFSA). [3,4]
9 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE · E. LECLERC · E.LECLERC · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA PASSION DU FROMAGE). [4]
168 × Restaurant (PAT A PAIN · TOURISME ORGANIS PROSPECT RESTOBAR · JAG · RESTAURANT L'ORANGERIE DU CHATEAU). [3,4]
58 × Café / bar (LE LOUIS XII · LE DENIS PAPIN · LE ROYAL · LE 47 · LE MARIGNY). [4]
15 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GROUPE SCOLAIRE MANDELA · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHARCOT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES SARAZINES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PAULINE KERGOMARD · ECOLE MATERNELLE MALALA YOUSAFZAI). [3]
25 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE APPLI RAPHAEL PERIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHARCOT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES SARAZINES · ECOL PRIM VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MALALA YOUSAFZAI). [3]
8 × Collège (COLLEGE BLOIS-BEGON · COLLEGE BLOIS-VIENNE · COLLEGE LES PROVINCES · COLLEGE AUGUSTIN THIERRY · COLLEGE FRANCOIS RABELAIS). [3]
40 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELENA TUDORACHE, MÉDECIN · GERARD CLAMADIEU, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE LEFEVRE, MÉDECIN · FABRICE HUSSON, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHARLES DELAGARDE, MÉDECIN). [3]
10 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHAVY · PHARMACIE DE L AVENUE MAUNOURY · SELARL PHARMACIE DE VIENNE · PHARMACIE DE LA QUINIERE · PHARMACIE DE L'EUROPE). [3,4]
5 × Post office / agence postale (BLOIS LES CORNILLETTES RP · BLOIS CARREFOUR RIVE GAUCHE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
3 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE ABBÉ-GRÉGOIRE · 41 - DIRECTION DE LA LECTURE PUBLIQUE DE LOIR-ET-CHER · MÉDIATHÈQUE MAURICE-GENEVOIX). [3]
2 × Cinema (LES LOBIS · CAP' CINE). [3]
14 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS MOUSSA TRAORE BEGON · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ST GEORGES · GYMNASE FOCH · GYMNASE RABELAIS · GYMNASE MARCEL CERDAN). [3]
28 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BLOIS -ST GERVAIS · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AGENCE DE BLOIS WI · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AGENCE DE BLOIS FO). [3]
49 × Hairdresser (JEAN-MICHEL COIFFURE · GAUTREY COIFFURE · VALERIE COIFFURE). [3,4]
5 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
20 × Hotel (KYRIAD · BRIT HÔTEL BLOIS LE PRÉMA · PREMIERE CLASSE · NOVOTEL BLOIS CENTRE · MERCURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 7 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Butcher (boucherie), 6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Supermarket, 35 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 9 × Hairdresser, 4 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 30 | ATELIER DU CONFISEUR · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LALLIOT JEZAEL | INSEE BPE 30 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 10 | BOUCHERIE SOLOGNE FRAIS · MICHEL MOTHMORA TRAITEUR ANTILLAIS · L'ART DE LA BOUCHERIE · CHARCUTERIE PICOT · BOEUF DU LIMOISIN | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 22 | PROXI-SERVICE FRANCO-ASIATIQUE · M.G. VIENNE · BEREKET MARKET · EPICERIE ESSALAM · CHEZ HAFSA | INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 9 | LIDL · INTERMARCHE · E. LECLERC · E.LECLERC · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA PASSION DU FROMAGE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 168 | PAT A PAIN · TOURISME ORGANIS PROSPECT RESTOBAR · JAG · RESTAURANT L'ORANGERIE DU CHATEAU | INSEE BPE 168 / INSEE SIRENE 252 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 58 | LE LOUIS XII · LE DENIS PAPIN · LE ROYAL · LE 47 · LE MARIGNY | INSEE SIRENE 58 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 15 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GROUPE SCOLAIRE MANDELA · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHARCOT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES SARAZINES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PAULINE KERGOMARD · ECOLE MATERNELLE MALALA YOUSAFZAI | INSEE BPE 15 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 25 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE APPLI RAPHAEL PERIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHARCOT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES SARAZINES · ECOL PRIM VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MALALA YOUSAFZAI | INSEE BPE 25 [3] |
| Collège | 8 | COLLEGE BLOIS-BEGON · COLLEGE BLOIS-VIENNE · COLLEGE LES PROVINCES · COLLEGE AUGUSTIN THIERRY · COLLEGE FRANCOIS RABELAIS | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 40 | ELENA TUDORACHE, MÉDECIN · GERARD CLAMADIEU, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE LEFEVRE, MÉDECIN · FABRICE HUSSON, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHARLES DELAGARDE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 40 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 10 | PHARMACIE CHAVY · PHARMACIE DE L AVENUE MAUNOURY · SELARL PHARMACIE DE VIENNE · PHARMACIE DE LA QUINIERE · PHARMACIE DE L'EUROPE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 5 | BLOIS LES CORNILLETTES RP · BLOIS CARREFOUR RIVE GAUCHE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Library | 3 | BIBLIOTHEQUE ABBÉ-GRÉGOIRE · 41 - DIRECTION DE LA LECTURE PUBLIQUE DE LOIR-ET-CHER · MÉDIATHÈQUE MAURICE-GENEVOIX | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Cinema | 2 | LES LOBIS · CAP' CINE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 14 | HALLE DES SPORTS MOUSSA TRAORE BEGON · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ST GEORGES · GYMNASE FOCH · GYMNASE RABELAIS · GYMNASE MARCEL CERDAN | INSEE BPE 14 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 28 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BLOIS -ST GERVAIS · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AGENCE DE BLOIS WI · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AGENCE DE BLOIS FO | INSEE BPE 28 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 49 | JEAN-MICHEL COIFFURE · GAUTREY COIFFURE · VALERIE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 49 / INSEE SIRENE 68 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 5 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 20 | KYRIAD · BRIT HÔTEL BLOIS LE PRÉMA · PREMIERE CLASSE · NOVOTEL BLOIS CENTRE · MERCURE | INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 31 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday various times various locations in Blois. [5]
Trajectory
Population 45,903 (2012) → 47,219 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 49,318 (1990) → 47,219 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 27,526, of which 4.3 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Blois): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Blois): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Blois): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Blois): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Blois): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 1.8 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 95 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BLOIS, 13.7 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BLOIS - VILLE, 1.8 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41018/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.blois.fr/pratique/commerce-artisanat— “Marché du centre-ville , place Louis-XII : le samedi de 8h30 à 13 h 15”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41018/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41018/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41018/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41018
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | 19 | 271 km S | 47,095 | 85.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 71 | 281 km E | 45,102 | 82.9 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laval | 53 | 166 km W | 49,400 | 86.1 | Well served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carcassonne | 11 | 493 km S | 46,080 | 87.1 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 % |
| Bastia | 2B | 836 km SE | 46,867 | 86.1 | Well served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
| Charleville-Mézières | 08 | 346 km NE | 45,560 | 83.9 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval | 53 | 166 km W | 49,400 | 86.1 | Well served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | 19 | 271 km S | 47,095 | 85.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 71 | 281 km E | 45,102 | 82.9 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charleville-Mézières | 08 | 346 km NE | 45,560 | 83.9 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carcassonne | 11 | 493 km S | 46,080 | 87.1 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 % |
| Bastia | 2B | 836 km SE | 46,867 | 86.1 | Well served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Blois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Évreux | 27 | 161 km N | 49,360 | 88.2 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteauroux | 36 | 91 km S | 42,963 | 78.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Niort | 79 | 196 km SW | 59,854 | 88.5 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mâcon | 71 | 301 km SE | 35,177 | 80.6 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auxerre | 89 | 169 km E | 35,097 | 78.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sens | 89 | 160 km NE | 27,106 | 78.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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