La Fontenelle
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 15.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Fontenelle (INSEE 41089) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Perche et Haut Vendômois. Population 204 (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 15.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 38 % of the 16,069 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.81 |
| Housing mix | 0.39 | 5 | 1.95 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE LA FONTENELLE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | AUBERGE DE LA FONTENELLE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 197 (2012) → 204 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 208 (1990) → 204 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 30.5 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Droué): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Droué): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Droué): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Droué): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Droué): 4.9 km to the south-east (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. [9]
Measured at the DROUE - MORACHE weather station, 5.1 km away at 206 m; the village itself is at 171 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at CHOUE, 13.3 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, 4.7 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 — 41089/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41089/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41089/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41089/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouzélambre | 22 | 344 km W | 198 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Fargeol | 03 | 246 km SE | 187 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 % |
| Le Favril | 27 | 130 km N | 185 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alleuze | 15 | 379 km SE | 224 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bazelat | 23 | 194 km S | 221 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montmort | 71 | 274 km SE | 185 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Favril | 27 | 130 km N | 185 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazelat | 23 | 194 km S | 221 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Fargeol | 03 | 246 km SE | 187 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 % |
| Montmort | 71 | 274 km SE | 185 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plouzélambre | 22 | 344 km W | 198 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alleuze | 15 | 379 km SE | 224 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Fontenelle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Favril | 27 | 130 km N | 185 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazelat | 23 | 194 km S | 221 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boussay | 37 | 136 km S | 237 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Boursay | 41 | 6.3 km SW | 179 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rayssac | 81 | 484 km S | 234 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marolles-les-Buis | 28 | 34 km N | 205 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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