Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce (INSEE 41221) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Beauce Val de Loire. Population 634 (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/41221-saint-leonard-en-beauce
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 16,812 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.71 | 10 | 7.15 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.32 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (REDOUIN). [3]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-LÉONARD-EN BEAUCE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | REDOUIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-LÉONARD-EN BEAUCE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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
Population 638 (2012) → 634 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 522 (1990) → 634 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 351, of which 6.8 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Marchenoir): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Marchenoir): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Morée): 14.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-LEONARD-EN-B weather station, 3.9 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 140 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at OUZOUER-ARVALIS, 13.2 km away at 129 m, over 12 summers. [11]
An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-LEONARD-EN-B, 3.9 km away at 126 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
52 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 99,000 € — 1,025 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Loir-et-Cher is 1,214 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41221/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41221/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41221/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41221/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41123
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41221
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41154
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surin | 79 | 207 km SW | 635 | 37 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Longchamps | 27 | 171 km N | 662 | 39.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 % |
| Trelins | 42 | 308 km SE | 682 | 38.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Croix | 01 | 353 km SE | 544 | 42.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vignoux-sous-les-Aix | 18 | 109 km SE | 708 | 35.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Courçay | 37 | 75 km SW | 792 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courçay | 37 | 75 km SW | 792 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vignoux-sous-les-Aix | 18 | 109 km SE | 708 | 35.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Longchamps | 27 | 171 km N | 662 | 39.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 % |
| Surin | 79 | 207 km SW | 635 | 37 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trelins | 42 | 308 km SE | 682 | 38.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Croix | 01 | 353 km SE | 544 | 42.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-Léonard-en-Beauce'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courçay | 37 | 75 km SW | 792 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rigny | 70 | 321 km E | 636 | 33 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bouafles | 27 | 153 km N | 628 | 29.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Isle | 27 | 146 km N | 630 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saulcet | 03 | 220 km SE | 657 | 29.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Contigny | 03 | 220 km SE | 573 | 28.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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