Lestiou
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lestiou (INSEE 41114) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Beauce Val de Loire. Population 291 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 67 % of the 17,748 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.8 | 5 | 3.99 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE DE LESTIOU). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVARAY-LESTIOU). [3]
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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 GUINGUETTE DE LESTIOU | 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) | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVARAY-LESTIOU | INSEE BPE 1 [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 273 (2012) → 291 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 193 (1990) → 291 (2023): 50.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 10.1 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Laurent-Nouan): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Laurent-Nouan): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Laurent-Nouan): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-Nouan): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Avaray): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 18 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 90 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at OUZOUER-ARVALIS, 19.5 km away at 129 m, over 12 summers. [10]
An average of 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VILLENY, 18 km away at 127 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 — 41114/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41114/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41114/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41114/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montigny-le-Guesdier | 77 | 143 km NE | 295 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auxelles-Haut | 90 | 387 km E | 287 | 24 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fort-Louis | 67 | 493 km E | 285 | 27.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Touët-de-l'Escarène | 06 | 622 km SE | 300 | 24.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 % |
| Le Bignon-Mirabeau | 45 | 109 km NE | 303 | 28.2 | Few services | no figures |
| Arsonval | 10 | 235 km E | 290 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bignon-Mirabeau | 45 | 109 km NE | 303 | 28.2 | Few services | no figures |
| Montigny-le-Guesdier | 77 | 143 km NE | 295 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arsonval | 10 | 235 km E | 290 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Auxelles-Haut | 90 | 387 km E | 287 | 24 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fort-Louis | 67 | 493 km E | 285 | 27.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Touët-de-l'Escarène | 06 | 622 km SE | 300 | 24.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 % |
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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 Lestiou'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsonval | 10 | 235 km E | 290 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Langeron | 58 | 153 km SE | 337 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Charrey-sur-Saône | 21 | 278 km E | 331 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lombreuil | 45 | 81 km E | 307 | 23.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cléron | 25 | 344 km E | 289 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Glanon | 21 | 276 km E | 272 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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