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Prunay-Cassereau

Loir-et-Cher · CA Territoires Vendômois · INSEE 41184

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prunay-Cassereau (INSEE 41184) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA Territoires Vendômois. Population 577 (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/41184-prunay-cassereau

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 17,303 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.61106.1
Housing mix0.6953.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PRUNAY CASSEREAU AP). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING A LA FERME LES ROCHELLES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PRUNAY CASSEREAU APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING A LA FERME LES ROCHELLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 656 2023: 577 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 635 (2012) → 577 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 520 (1990) → 577 (2023): 11 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 325, of which 15.4 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 3.9 km W (Saint-Arnoult)Bakery — 6.3 km N (Houssay)Food shop — 7.2 km E (Saint-Amand-Longpré)Pharmacy — 7.2 km E (Saint-Amand-Longpré)
In the commune Primary school GP — 3.9 km WBakery — 6.3 km NFood shop — 7.2 km EPharmacy — 7.2 km E 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 (Houssay): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Amand-Longpré): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Arnoult): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-Longpré): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Prunay-Cassereau): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41184/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41184/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41184/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41184/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41102
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41199
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41201
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41184

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Briantes36152 km SE58920.6Few servicesno figures
Bantanges71339 km E57722.1Few servicesno figures
Ronsenac16252 km S57120.7Few servicesno figures
Théhillac56228 km W61121.8Few servicesno figures
Courgenay89207 km E56422.3Few servicesno figures
Couffy4163 km SE50618.1No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Couffy4163 km SE50618.1No daily shopsno figures
Briantes36152 km SE58920.6Few servicesno figures
Courgenay89207 km E56422.3Few servicesno figures
Théhillac56228 km W61121.8Few servicesno figures
Ronsenac16252 km S57120.7Few servicesno figures
Bantanges71339 km E57722.1Few servicesno figures

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