Varennes-Changy

Loiret · CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais · INSEE 45332

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes-Changy (INSEE 45332) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais. Population 1,503 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 11,608 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	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.69	10	6.94
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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) (AU FOURNIL DU PAIN AU LEVAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · LA CAMPAGNE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADELA RUSU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VARENNES-CHANGY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (L ESCALE SALLE SPORTIVE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (ANGIBAULT MILENE · EVASION COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL DU PAIN AU LEVAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	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	2	AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · LA CAMPAGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ADELA RUSU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE VARENNES CHANGY	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	VARENNES CHANGY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VARENNES-CHANGY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	L ESCALE SALLE SPORTIVE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	ANGIBAULT MILENE · EVASION COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 (reported, unverified): Sunday. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 922 peak 2012: 1,545 2023: 1,503 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,545 (2012) → 1,503 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,259 (1990) → 1,503 (2023): 19.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 919, of which 11.8 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Varennes-Changy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Varennes-Changy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varennes-Changy): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Varennes-Changy): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Varennes-Changy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.6

Days at or below 0 °C 66

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES CHOUX weather station, 7.4 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AMILLY, 11.8 km away at 91 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 52 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES CHOUX, 7.4 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

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

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45332/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/15/e53784fd-94a0-36de-b115-700e88639e10— “Marché de Varennes-Changy - Dimanche.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45332/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45332/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45332/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45332
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
Saint-Épain	37	179 km SW	1,471	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	199 km NW	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Coligny	01	262 km SE	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Biol	38	336 km SE	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Rolampont	52	196 km E	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	201 km SW	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Épain	37	179 km SW	1,471	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Rolampont	52	196 km E	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	199 km NW	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	201 km SW	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Coligny	01	262 km SE	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Biol	38	336 km SE	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Varennes-Changy'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
Meillonnas	01	272 km SE	1,426	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint Antoine l'Abbaye	38	357 km SE	1,263	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Dignac	16	314 km SW	1,362	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord	24	316 km SW	1,650	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villefranche-d'Allier	03	164 km S	1,238	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Broût-Vernet	03	192 km S	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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