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Saint-Ouen

Loir-et-Cher · CA Territoires Vendômois · INSEE 41226

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

Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ouen (INSEE 41226) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA Territoires Vendômois. Population 3,041 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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/41226-saint-ouen

Vitality score

Vitality score 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 7,046 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.28257.11
Social0.582011.6
Education0.22102.21
Health0.52105.24
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.53105.28
Housing mix0.9754.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · SAVEURS DE LA TERRE · CARREFOUR MARKET · ACTION). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (BUFFALO GRILL · MC DONALD'S · LES DELICES DE SAMIRA · KIOSQUE A PIZZAS). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (VIRAGE CAFE · LA CABANE A MOUSSE). [4]

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

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

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNELORE RAVENEAU, MÉDECIN · NATACHA GOHARD-COLLETTE, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE COLLETTE, MÉDECIN · SOFIANE SOHBI BALLAG, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ THIVERNY, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (S E L A R L PHARMACIE SAINT OUEN). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-OUEN LE MILLEFEUILLE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE PIERRE DE COUBERTIN · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFF'ACTUEL BY NATHALIE · ATMOSP'HAIR). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (BALLADINS). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket4LIDL · SAVEURS DE LA TERRE · CARREFOUR MARKET · ACTIONINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4BUFFALO GRILL · MC DONALD'S · LES DELICES DE SAMIRA · KIOSQUE A PIZZASINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar3VIRAGE CAFE · LA CABANE A MOUSSEINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE ROBERT GIRONDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)7ANNELORE RAVENEAU, MÉDECIN · NATACHA GOHARD-COLLETTE, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE COLLETTE, MÉDECIN · SOFIANE SOHBI BALLAG, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ THIVERNY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy1S E L A R L PHARMACIE SAINT OUENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-OUEN LE MILLEFEUILLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2GYMNASE PIERRE DE COUBERTIN · COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COIFF'ACTUEL BY NATHALIE · ATMOSP'HAIRINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1BALLADINSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,368 peak 2007: 3,408 2023: 3,041 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,372 (2012) → 3,041 (2023): -9.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,958 (1990) → 3,041 (2023): 2.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,630, of which 1.6 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.7 km W (Saint-Ouen)Pharmacy — 0.9 km SW (Saint-Ouen)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.7 km WPharmacy — 0.9 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-Ouen): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Ouen): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Ouen): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Ouen): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Ouen): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [9]

Measured at the LISLE weather station, 5 km away at 85 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, 17.6 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 710 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at VENDOME, 2.8 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41226/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41226/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41226/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41226/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41226
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coupvray77175 km NE3,06643.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Knutange57402 km NE3,19942.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Auberchicourt59321 km NE4,62638.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Belleu02239 km NE3,65934.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Santeny94150 km NE3,91346.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Serémange-Erzange57405 km NE4,25141.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Santeny94150 km NE3,91346.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Coupvray77175 km NE3,06643.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Belleu02239 km NE3,65934.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Auberchicourt59321 km NE4,62638.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Knutange57402 km NE3,19942.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Serémange-Erzange57405 km NE4,25141.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 %

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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-Ouen'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Vaudreuil27161 km N3,62447.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Semeuse08344 km NE3,61548.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pannes45121 km E3,74039.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Seichamps54396 km E5,16537.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Conflans-en-Jarnisy54383 km NE2,38950.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dorlisheim67481 km E2,63658.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %