Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Perche et Haut Vendômois · INSEE 41214

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle (INSEE 41214) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Perche et Haut Vendômois. Population 652 (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 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,750 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.06
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES TRADITIONS DE LA CAVEE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	LES TRADITIONS DE LA CAVEE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES RENARD	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 558 peak 2017: 717 2023: 652 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 674 (2012) → 652 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 648 (1990) → 652 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 384, of which 9.4 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km SEPharmacy — 2.3 km SEBakery — 3.1 km SEGP — 3.1 km SE 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 (Morée): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Morée): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Morée): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Morée): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.1

Days at or below 0 °C 56.2

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LISLE weather station, 11 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[10]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LISLE, 11 km away at 85 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 — 41214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41214
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
Cleurie	88	407 km E	652	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Courcy	50	228 km NW	639	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 59 %
Dracy-Saint-Loup	71	256 km E	641	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Auppegard	76	212 km N	695	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 58 %
Menneville	62	310 km N	670	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 %
Étigny	89	157 km E	747	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Étigny	89	157 km E	747	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %
Auppegard	76	212 km N	695	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 58 %
Courcy	50	228 km NW	639	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 59 %
Dracy-Saint-Loup	71	256 km E	641	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Menneville	62	310 km N	670	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 %
Cleurie	88	407 km E	652	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %

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