Azy

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18019

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

Few services 35.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Azy (INSEE 18019) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 450 (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/18019-azy

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,963 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.9
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 (PILLITTERI GHISLAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	PILLITTERI GHISLAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / 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 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	AZY 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: 587 2023: 450 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 489 (2012) → 450 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 413 (1990) → 450 (2023): 9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 292, of which 9.2 % second homes and 21.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.4 km WGP — 8.8 km NEFood shop — 8.9 km NEPharmacy — 11.4 km S 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 (Rians): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Veaugues): 8.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Veaugues): 8.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Baugy): 11.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Azy): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 58.7

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ETRECHY weather station, 4.1 km away at 194 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 8.9 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ETRECHY, 4.1 km away at 194 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18019/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18019/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18019/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18019/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18272
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18019
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-Aubin	47	334 km SW	393	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Chenu	72	185 km W	421	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre	79	235 km SW	589	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Sarlande	24	228 km SW	428	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Quantilly	18	20 km W	490	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	133 km E	505	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quantilly	18	20 km W	490	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	133 km E	505	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chenu	72	185 km W	421	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Sarlande	24	228 km SW	428	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre	79	235 km SW	589	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin	47	334 km SW	393	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Azy'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
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	133 km E	505	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Paizay-le-Sec	86	161 km SW	468	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Concèze	19	229 km SW	376	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Plaisir	03	65 km S	422	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Monléon-Magnoac	65	470 km S	405	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Breuil	03	133 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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