Droué

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Perche et Haut Vendômois · INSEE 41075

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

Partly served 55.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Droué (INSEE 41075) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Perche et Haut Vendômois. Population 999 (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/41075-droue

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 14,330 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.24	10	2.38
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE YON FABRICE · BOULANGERIE ANB). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RICHARD KAPINOS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BEASLAY CABARET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE L'AUTRE MONDE À DROUÉ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE YON FABRICE · BOULANGERIE ANB	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCI MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	RICHARD KAPINOS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BEASLAY CABARET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE L'AUTRE MONDE À DROUÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,065 peak 1990: 1,353 2023: 999 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,036 (2012) → 999 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,353 (1990) → 999 (2023): -26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 601, of which 14 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Droué): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Droué): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Droué): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Droué): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Droué): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 42.9

Muggy days a summer 1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the DROUE - MORACHE weather station, 4.3 km away at 206 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[9]

The village sits 51 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 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHOUE, 14.5 km away at 163 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at DROUE, 0.3 km away at 161 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 — 41075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41075
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
Charroux	86	217 km S	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Moncontour	86	153 km SW	976	58.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Préchac	33	420 km S	1,061	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Prayssas	47	420 km S	993	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Hauteroche	39	376 km E	971	66.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Marcillat-en-Combraille	03	239 km SE	900	60.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moncontour	86	153 km SW	976	58.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Charroux	86	217 km S	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Marcillat-en-Combraille	03	239 km SE	900	60.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Hauteroche	39	376 km E	971	66.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Prayssas	47	420 km S	993	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Préchac	33	420 km S	1,061	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Droué'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
Cognac-la-Forêt	87	246 km S	1,188	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mortrée	61	100 km NW	1,115	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelaude	03	210 km SE	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-le-Roi	37	61 km SW	1,048	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bellenaves	03	255 km SE	983	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Peyrat-le-Château	87	253 km S	1,025	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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