Aubinges

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18016

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

Few services 37.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aubinges (INSEE 18016) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 401 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/18016-aubinges

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,999 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.94	10	9.37
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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		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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 281 2023: 401 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 336 (2012) → 401 (2023): 19.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 279 (1990) → 401 (2023): 43.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 7.8 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.2 km NWBakery — 2.5 km SGP — 6.8 km WPharmacy — 7.3 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 (Les Aix-d'Angillon): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aubinges): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Menetou-Salon): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Menetou-Salon): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Aubinges): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PARASSY weather station, 4.4 km away at 257 m; the village itself is at 204 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PARASSY, 4.4 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 53 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES AIX-D'ANG., 2.6 km away at 195 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 — 18016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18145
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
Diconne	71	200 km E	371	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 95 %
Monblanc	32	436 km S	394	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Biran	32	427 km SW	379	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent	64	500 km SW	402	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Castandet	40	443 km SW	425	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Erve	53	240 km NW	393	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Diconne	71	200 km E	371	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Erve	53	240 km NW	393	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
Biran	32	427 km SW	379	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Monblanc	32	436 km S	394	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Castandet	40	443 km SW	425	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Vincent	64	500 km SW	402	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Aubinges'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
Boissy-Lamberville	27	262 km NW	385	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Vellèches	86	158 km W	347	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vigoux	36	115 km SW	472	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gorre	87	205 km SW	388	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Courçais	03	84 km S	314	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-Ligoure	87	196 km SW	505	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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