Villebarou

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41276

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

Partly served 49.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villebarou (INSEE 41276) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 2,584 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/41276-villebarou

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 8,041 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.41
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (LE PAIN CARRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA CHARCUTERIE GILLET). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (CORA). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE BLOIS II). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIA VERONE). ^[3]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRE COMMERCIAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLEBAROU AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEBAROU IRÈNE FRAIN). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ET BIEN ETRE · SOCED). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE COSY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PAIN CARRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA CHARCUTERIE GILLET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CORA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	BRASSERIE BLOIS II	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIA VERONE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CENTRE COMMERCIAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VILLEBAROU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEBAROU IRÈNE FRAIN	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	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	7	COIFFURE ET BIEN ETRE · SOCED	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE COSY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,307 2023: 2,584 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,569 (2012) → 2,584 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,793 (1990) → 2,584 (2023): 44.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,199, of which 1.3 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.4 km SEPharmacy — 2.0 km W 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 (Villebarou): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villebarou): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chaussée-Saint-Victor): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villebarou): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villebarou): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 38.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 5.7 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 119 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 10.4 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS - VILLE, 5.7 km away at 69 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 — 41276/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41276/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41276/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41276/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41047
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
Gainneville	76	225 km N	2,548	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Bavans	25	406 km E	3,582	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Pinsaguel	31	458 km S	2,786	69	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Wignehies	59	330 km NE	2,804	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cosnes-et-Romain	54	386 km NE	2,802	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	328 km SE	3,124	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gainneville	76	225 km N	2,548	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	328 km SE	3,124	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Wignehies	59	330 km NE	2,804	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cosnes-et-Romain	54	386 km NE	2,802	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Bavans	25	406 km E	3,582	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Pinsaguel	31	458 km S	2,786	69	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Villebarou'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
Montmorot	39	335 km E	3,261	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chanceaux-sur-Choisille	37	50 km W	3,499	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maur	36	94 km S	3,537	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Weitbruch	67	494 km E	2,711	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément	89	161 km NE	2,849	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche	89	167 km E	3,151	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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