Ainay-le-Vieil

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18002

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

Few services 27.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ainay-le-Vieil (INSEE 18002) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 189 (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/18002-ainay-le-vieil

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 15,632 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.12
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 (LA CURDA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (AINAY LE VIEIL AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	LA CURDA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	AINAY LE VIEIL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 245 2023: 189 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 215 (2012) → 189 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 170 (1990) → 189 (2023): 11.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 18.4 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.9 km SEFood shop — 6.7 km NPharmacy — 7.4 km NWGP — 8.0 km NW 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 (Urçay): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ainay-le-Vieil): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.1

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ORVAL weather station, 8.4 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 164 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 9 km away at 177 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ORVAL, 8.4 km away at 165 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 — 18002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18002
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
Auriac-sur-Dropt	47	287 km SW	175	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Aventignan	65	431 km SW	204	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Avot	21	214 km NE	186	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Francs	33	275 km SW	176	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Embry	62	428 km N	241	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Seynes	30	314 km SE	180	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avot	21	214 km NE	186	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Francs	33	275 km SW	176	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Auriac-sur-Dropt	47	287 km SW	175	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Seynes	30	314 km SE	180	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %
Embry	62	428 km N	241	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Aventignan	65	431 km SW	204	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Ainay-le-Vieil'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
La Bastide-du-Salat	09	420 km S	203	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ciadoux	31	405 km S	234	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bessais-le-Fromental	18	18 km NE	289	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sarriac-Bigorre	65	412 km SW	271	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mouterre-sur-Blourde	86	147 km W	170	8.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Oradour	16	216 km W	163	6.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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