Saint-Denis-sur-Loire

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41206

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Denis-sur-Loire (INSEE 41206) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 904 (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 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 14,935 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	4.97
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SUCRE ET PAPILLES · PATISSERIE MORGANE GIRARDOT). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (AU FIL D'ARIANE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SERVICE A DOMICILE · L'HORIZON DU STYLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	2	SUCRE ET PAPILLES · PATISSERIE MORGANE GIRARDOT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	AU FIL D'ARIANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	COIFFURE SERVICE A DOMICILE · L'HORIZON DU STYLE	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: 403 peak 1990: 907 2023: 904 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 768 (2012) → 904 (2023): 17.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 907 (1990) → 904 (2023): -0.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 485, of which 6.8 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km SWGP — 2.0 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 km SW 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-Denis-sur-Loire): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chaussée-Saint-Victor): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chaussée-Saint-Victor): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Blois): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Denis-sur-Loire): 0 km to the east (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. ^[11]

Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 7.1 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 14.2 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS - VILLE, 7.1 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41206/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41206/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41206/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41206/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41206
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41018
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
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	85	213 km SW	917	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Monts-sur-Orne	61	165 km NW	874	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	135 km W	896	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	24	313 km S	849	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Genté	16	257 km SW	924	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
La Freissinouse	05	495 km SE	972	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	135 km W	896	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Monts-sur-Orne	61	165 km NW	874	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	85	213 km SW	917	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Genté	16	257 km SW	924	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sauveur	24	313 km S	849	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
La Freissinouse	05	495 km SE	972	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · 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 Saint-Denis-sur-Loire'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
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	85	213 km SW	917	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	135 km W	896	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Clarafond-Arcine	74	384 km SE	1,068	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rosoy	89	155 km NE	1,072	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montbellet	71	294 km SE	870	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Merceuil	21	271 km E	815	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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