Saint-Claude-de-Diray

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Grand Chambord · INSEE 41204

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

Few services 33.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Claude-de-Diray (INSEE 41204) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Grand Chambord. Population 1,764 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/41204-saint-claude-de-diray

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 10,446 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.73	10	7.29
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LASNEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON VAN CANEGHEM). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIANA MONICA GHIDEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (EMILIE COIFFURE · DAUX'HAIR COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LASNEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON VAN CANEGHEM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MIRALI	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LIANA MONICA GHIDEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	EMILIE COIFFURE · DAUX'HAIR COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 976 peak 2017: 1,783 2023: 1,764 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,708 (2012) → 1,764 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,435 (1990) → 1,764 (2023): 22.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 886, of which 4 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.7 km NE 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 (Saint-Claude-de-Diray): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Claude-de-Diray): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Claude-de-Diray): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montlivault): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Claude-de-Diray): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 38.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 7.6 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 16.9 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS - VILLE, 7.6 km away at 69 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 — 41204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41148
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
Seine-Port	77	135 km NE	1,742	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Villegailhenc	11	489 km S	1,718	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Sundhoffen	68	450 km E	1,993	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Wettolsheim	68	442 km E	1,784	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Lyaud	74	412 km E	1,780	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Still	67	457 km E	1,793	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Seine-Port	77	135 km NE	1,742	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Lyaud	74	412 km E	1,780	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Wettolsheim	68	442 km E	1,784	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Sundhoffen	68	450 km E	1,993	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Still	67	457 km E	1,793	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Villegailhenc	11	489 km S	1,718	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Saint-Claude-de-Diray'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
Vert-le-Grand	91	128 km NE	2,444	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Biard	86	143 km SW	1,910	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Alizay	27	191 km N	1,567	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chevannes	91	128 km NE	1,550	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fains-Véel	55	304 km NE	2,080	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bouray-sur-Juine	91	120 km NE	2,108	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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