Ladon

Loiret · CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais · INSEE 45178

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ladon (INSEE 45178) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais. Population 1,392 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/45178-ladon

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 12,143 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.65	10	6.49
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (S'TARTINE BLOCK). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA HALLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA CAVE A FROMAGE). ^[4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LADON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE YVES GARRE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	S'TARTINE BLOCK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE LA HALLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA CAVE A FROMAGE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEANNE GOGET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LADON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LADON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE YVES GARRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 (reported, unverified): Sunday. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 912 2023: 1,392 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,361 (2012) → 1,392 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,212 (1990) → 1,392 (2023): 14.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 771, of which 8.8 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 6.7 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 (Ladon): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ladon): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bellegarde): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ladon): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ladon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LADON weather station, 1.1 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AMILLY, 15.2 km away at 91 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LADON, 1.1 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/15/04257a02-c5e0-3bf4-b068-bd46f0b3b759— “Marché de Ladon - Dimanche.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45031
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
Pamproux	79	265 km SW	1,686	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Damazan	47	448 km SW	1,358	55	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Dourgne	81	504 km S	1,313	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Le Mas-d'Agenais	47	438 km SW	1,456	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Gron	89	57 km E	1,288	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ottrott	67	366 km E	1,620	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gron	89	57 km E	1,288	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pamproux	79	265 km SW	1,686	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ottrott	67	366 km E	1,620	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mas-d'Agenais	47	438 km SW	1,456	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Damazan	47	448 km SW	1,358	55	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Dourgne	81	504 km S	1,313	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Ladon'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
Gron	89	57 km E	1,288	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lusigny	03	173 km SE	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain	70	300 km E	1,377	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vic-sur-Seille	57	307 km E	1,317	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ahuillé	53	253 km W	1,852	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Preuilly-sur-Claise	37	176 km SW	1,011	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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