Achères

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18001

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

No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Achères (INSEE 18001) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 326 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,971 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.73
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 265 peak 2017: 380 2023: 326 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 378 (2012) → 326 (2023): -13.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 335 (1990) → 326 (2023): -2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 227, of which 15.9 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km NEFood shop — 4.6 km NEPharmacy — 5.9 km SEGP — 6.1 km SE 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 (Henrichemont): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Henrichemont): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Menetou-Salon): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Menetou-Salon): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 54

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PARASSY weather station, 7.8 km away at 257 m; the village itself is at 255 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PARASSY, 7.8 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PARASSY, 7.8 km away at 257 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 — 18001/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18001/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18001/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18001/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18001
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
Omerville	95	214 km N	327	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Traize	73	309 km SE	335	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle	73	359 km SE	326	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jacques-d'Atticieux	07	275 km SE	301	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bauzile	07	337 km SE	311	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Meyrieux-Trouet	73	313 km SE	354	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Omerville	95	214 km N	327	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jacques-d'Atticieux	07	275 km SE	301	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Traize	73	309 km SE	335	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Meyrieux-Trouet	73	313 km SE	354	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bauzile	07	337 km SE	311	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle	73	359 km SE	326	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Achères'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
Boissets	78	187 km N	301	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Thénisy	77	145 km N	297	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Méry	77	147 km N	334	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Voyenne	02	288 km N	312	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chappes	10	167 km NE	360	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Conie-Molitard	28	120 km NW	387	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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