Couëtron-au-Perche

Loir-et-Cher · CC des Collines du Perche · INSEE 41248

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

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couëtron-au-Perche (INSEE 41248) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC des Collines du Perche. Population 1,043 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 4 former communes: Arville (41005), Oigny (41165), Saint-Agil (41197), Saint-Avit (41202). ^[3]

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/41248-couetron-au-perche

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 14,071 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.11
Housing mix	0.46	5	2.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU COIN). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (SARL C.R.P.G · MIKE & SEV). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (SOUDAY RP · SAINT AGIL AP). ^[4]

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-AGIL L'ÎLE À HÉLICE - AGENCE POSTALE · POINT-LECTURE DE SOUDAY L'ATLANTIDE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE L'ETANG). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DU COIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	2	SARL C.R.P.G · MIKE & SEV	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	SOUDAY RP · SAINT AGIL AP	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	2	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-AGIL L'ÎLE À HÉLICE - AGENCE POSTALE · POINT-LECTURE DE SOUDAY L'ATLANTIDE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE L'ETANG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,773 2023: 1,043 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,083 (2012) → 1,043 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,145 (1990) → 1,043 (2023): -8.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 818, of which 26.8 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 6.5 km SPharmacy — 6.6 km S 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 (Couëtron-au-Perche): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Couëtron-au-Perche): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mondoubleau): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mondoubleau): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Couëtron-au-Perche): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 34.7

Muggy days a summer 1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHOUE weather station, 8.3 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHOUE, 8.3 km away at 163 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 664 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHOUE, 8.3 km away at 163 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 — 41248/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41248/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41248/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41248/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41143
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
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe	89	181 km E	1,083	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Arvieu	12	449 km S	774	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	387 km S	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Jumilhac-le-Grand	24	283 km S	1,130	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Massegros Causses Gorges	48	451 km SE	935	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cernin	15	352 km S	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe	89	181 km E	1,083	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Jumilhac-le-Grand	24	283 km S	1,130	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cernin	15	352 km S	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	387 km S	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Arvieu	12	449 km S	774	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Massegros Causses Gorges	48	451 km SE	935	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Couëtron-au-Perche'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
Payzac	24	294 km S	984	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mialet	24	276 km S	628	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud	23	233 km S	1,143	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Azerables	23	193 km S	804	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Brassy	58	246 km E	603	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat	23	201 km S	1,039	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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