Avord

Cher · CC la Septaine · INSEE 18018

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

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avord (INSEE 18018) is in Cher (18), part of CC la Septaine. Population 2,909 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18018-avord

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 7,304 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.9	10	8.99
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGE DE BEBERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MEROVECO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (1-2-3 PIZZA · PIZZA AVORD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GEORGE SAND). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-JOSEPHE BRUNET, MÉDECIN · MURIEL MUFFET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES BERGERET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DE LA SEPTAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Library (RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES-COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DE LA SEPTAINE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVORD). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE · BASE AERIENNE 702). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AVORD). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (APPARENCE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LA COCOTTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA BOULANGE DE BEBERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	MEROVECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	1-2-3 PIZZA · PIZZA AVORD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GEORGE SAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARIE-JOSEPHE BRUNET, MÉDECIN · MURIEL MUFFET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES BERGERET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELAS PHARMACIE DE LA SEPTAINE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	2	RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES-COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DE LA SEPTAINE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVORD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE POLYVALENTE · BASE AERIENNE 702	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	AVORD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	APPARENCE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LA COCOTTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 2,132 2023: 2,909 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,769 (2012) → 2,909 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,079 (1990) → 2,909 (2023): 39.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,173, of which 0.9 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 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 (Avord): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avord): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Avord): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Avord): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Avord): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.9

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AVORD weather station, 2.3 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AVORD, 2.3 km away at 175 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AVORD, 2.3 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

103 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 135,000 € — 1,312 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18018
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Argentré	53	273 km NW	2,906	57.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-l'Ars	86	172 km W	2,880	57.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Plerguer	35	375 km NW	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	266 km W	2,811	60.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Sallebœuf	33	339 km SW	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Rieux	56	364 km W	2,856	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Julien-l'Ars	86	172 km W	2,880	57.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	266 km W	2,811	60.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Argentré	53	273 km NW	2,906	57.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sallebœuf	33	339 km SW	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Rieux	56	364 km W	2,856	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Plerguer	35	375 km NW	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · 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 Avord'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
Ruaudin	72	206 km NW	3,481	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Boisseuil	87	173 km SW	3,010	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Montfort-le-Gesnois	72	202 km NW	2,939	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Dieuze	57	362 km NE	2,770	71.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Duttlenheim	67	403 km NE	3,011	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gondreville	54	308 km NE	2,635	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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