Villefrancœur

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41281

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villefrancœur (INSEE 41281) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 416 (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/41281-villefrancoeur

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,966 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	4.02
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CIBLORIZON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	CIBLORIZON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 355 peak 2007: 472 2023: 416 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 451 (2012) → 416 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 461 (1990) → 416 (2023): -9.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 203, of which 3.9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.9 km SEGP — 2.9 km SEPharmacy — 2.9 km SEFood shop — 5.3 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 (La Chapelle-Vendômoise): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landes-le-Gaulois): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chapelle-Vendômoise): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Chapelle-Vendômoise): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villefrancœur): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BLOIS weather station, 1.7 km away at 119 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 1.7 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 650 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS, 1.7 km away at 119 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 — 41281/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41281/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41281/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41281/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41281
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
Remomeix	88	435 km E	428	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Espirat	63	270 km SE	416	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bellebrune	62	340 km N	427	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Belmesnil	76	231 km N	440	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Herrère	64	522 km S	397	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	229 km NW	380	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	229 km NW	380	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Belmesnil	76	231 km N	440	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Espirat	63	270 km SE	416	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bellebrune	62	340 km N	427	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Remomeix	88	435 km E	428	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Herrère	64	522 km S	397	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Villefrancœur'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
Courcelles-de-Touraine	37	72 km W	483	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Rosay	78	140 km N	387	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Boutervilliers	91	105 km NE	429	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Eberbach-Seltz	67	524 km E	436	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chantesse	38	423 km SE	397	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Dénezé-sous-Doué	49	123 km SW	444	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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