Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41212

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

Partly served 52.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt (INSEE 41212) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 3,180 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/41212-saint-gervais-la-foret

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 6,792 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	0.5	25	12.5
Social	0.71	20	14.22
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.64	10	6.42
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FEUILLETTE · BOULANGERIE FEUILLETTE). ^[3,4]

5 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX DELICES D'ASIE · PRIX MIAM · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE PASSOT · GRAND FRAIS · LA BOUCHERIE DE SAINT GERVAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT GERVAISIEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · LE MARCHE BIO). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (PAT'A PAIN · PIZZ' A GOGO · LE 23 - BRASSERIE DE SOLOGNE · L'AUBERGE DU MOULIN · KIM'S BOX). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE COMMON-ARNOULT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE FRITZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT GERVAIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GERVAIS-LA-FORÊT). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE CIC OUEST). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (GAUTREY SAINT GERVAIS · DES FILLES ET DES GARCONS · LA COLLAB · MAISON DE LA COIFFURE CHEZ AURELIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL NOCTUEL · HÔTEL THE ORIGINALS BLOIS SUD IKAR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	FEUILLETTE · BOULANGERIE FEUILLETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	5	AUX DELICES D'ASIE · PRIX MIAM · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE PASSOT · GRAND FRAIS · LA BOUCHERIE DE SAINT GERVAIS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PETIT GERVAISIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · LE MARCHE BIO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	PAT'A PAIN · PIZZ' A GOGO · LE 23 - BRASSERIE DE SOLOGNE · L'AUBERGE DU MOULIN · KIM'S BOX	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CATHERINE COMMON-ARNOULT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE FRITZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT GERVAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GERVAIS-LA-FORÊT	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	5	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE CIC OUEST	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	8	GAUTREY SAINT GERVAIS · DES FILLES ET DES GARCONS · LA COLLAB · MAISON DE LA COIFFURE CHEZ AURELIE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL NOCTUEL · HÔTEL THE ORIGINALS BLOIS SUD IKAR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 1,775 peak 2007: 3,433 2023: 3,180 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,303 (2012) → 3,180 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,784 (1990) → 3,180 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,631, of which 1 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.8 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 (Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt): 0 km to the south-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. ^[9]

Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 1.8 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 16.5 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS - VILLE, 1.8 km away at 69 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 — 41212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41212
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
Voujeaucourt	25	406 km E	3,174	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Froges	38	433 km SE	3,285	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Bernis	30	480 km SE	3,286	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Buchelay	78	159 km N	3,360	57.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Willems	59	367 km N	2,941	59	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thiant	59	340 km NE	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Buchelay	78	159 km N	3,360	57.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Thiant	59	340 km NE	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Willems	59	367 km N	2,941	59	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Voujeaucourt	25	406 km E	3,174	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Froges	38	433 km SE	3,285	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Bernis	30	480 km SE	3,286	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

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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-Gervais-la-Forêt'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-Clément	89	161 km NE	2,849	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Les Martres-de-Veyre	63	252 km SE	3,826	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montmorot	39	331 km E	3,261	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Marcel	27	170 km N	4,512	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chanceaux-sur-Choisille	37	51 km W	3,499	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maur	36	87 km S	3,537	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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