Fontaine-Raoul
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fontaine-Raoul (INSEE 41088) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Perche et Haut Vendômois. Population 231 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 11.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 18 % of the 16,792 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 7.98 |
| Housing mix | 0.39 | 5 | 1.96 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 223 (2012) → 231 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 178 (1990) → 231 (2023): 29.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 161, of which 30.4 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Droué): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Droué): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the DROUE - MORACHE weather station, 8.5 km away at 206 m; the village itself is at 225 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHOUE, 17 km away at 163 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 62 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at DROUE, 7.2 km away at 161 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 — 41088/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41088/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41088/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41088/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41075
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 28103
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnac-Rouffiac | 46 | 398 km S | 231 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 % |
| Château | 71 | 314 km SE | 229 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Esclauzels | 46 | 398 km S | 224 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Aubin-du-Désert | 53 | 105 km W | 227 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 % |
| Le Quartier | 63 | 241 km SE | 225 | 6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Mesnil-Villeman | 50 | 206 km NW | 238 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubin-du-Désert | 53 | 105 km W | 227 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 % |
| Le Mesnil-Villeman | 50 | 206 km NW | 238 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Quartier | 63 | 241 km SE | 225 | 6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Château | 71 | 314 km SE | 229 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Carnac-Rouffiac | 46 | 398 km S | 231 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 % |
| Esclauzels | 46 | 398 km S | 224 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Fontaine-Raoul'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marolles-les-Buis | 28 | 44 km N | 205 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sylvestre-de-Cormeilles | 27 | 149 km N | 223 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Linard-Malval | 23 | 190 km S | 206 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épreville-en-Lieuvin | 27 | 142 km N | 199 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-sur-Lunain | 77 | 136 km E | 229 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Opportune | 61 | 142 km NW | 244 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
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