Sambin

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41233

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

Partly served 53.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sambin (INSEE 41233) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 862 (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/41233-sambin

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 15,226 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.73	10	7.3
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE SAMBIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA VIANDE DE MANU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE LE PRIEURE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAMBIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAMBIN). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE PRIVE LE PRIEURE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DE SAMBIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA VIANDE DE MANU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE LE PRIEURE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SAMBIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAMBIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COLLEGE PRIVE LE PRIEURE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 651 peak 2012: 942 2023: 862 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 942 (2012) → 862 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 701 (1990) → 862 (2023): 23 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 445, of which 5.2 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.7 km EGP — 5.4 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 (Sambin): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sambin): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pontlevoy): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Controis-en-Sologne): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sambin): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 55.9

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHEVERNY weather station, 12.8 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 102 m. ^[11]

An average of 688 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OISLY, 6.6 km away at 124 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 — 41233/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41233/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41233/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41233/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41059
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
Vallières-les-Grandes	41	11 km W	943	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Ruffey-sur-Seille	39	327 km E	738	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Lhomme	72	65 km NW	933	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Caudecoste	47	372 km S	1,127	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes	71	251 km E	836	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Hommes	37	75 km W	865	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vallières-les-Grandes	41	11 km W	943	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Lhomme	72	65 km NW	933	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Hommes	37	75 km W	865	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes	71	251 km E	836	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Ruffey-sur-Seille	39	327 km E	738	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Caudecoste	47	372 km S	1,127	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 57 %

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