Bannay

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18020

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bannay (INSEE 18020) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 845 (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/18020-bannay

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 15,338 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.6	10	6.03
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA BUISSONNIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'ILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	BANNAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	LA BUISSONNIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE L'ILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 673 peak 2017: 907 2023: 845 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 814 (2012) → 845 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 766 (1990) → 845 (2023): 10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 534, of which 11.4 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km EBakery — 3.0 km EPharmacy — 3.6 km NEGP — 4.2 km NE 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 (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bannay): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.1

Muggy days a summer 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 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LERE weather station, 8.2 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 153 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LERE, 8.2 km away at 139 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 723 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LERE, 8.2 km away at 139 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18020/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18020/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18020/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18020/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18020
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
La Celle-Saint-Cyr	89	72 km NE	840	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Crayssac	46	341 km S	844	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Égliseneuve-près-Billom	63	189 km S	937	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	29	527 km W	849	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Genouillé	17	318 km SW	872	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Pouzay	37	181 km W	867	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Celle-Saint-Cyr	89	72 km NE	840	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pouzay	37	181 km W	867	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Égliseneuve-près-Billom	63	189 km S	937	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Genouillé	17	318 km SW	872	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Crayssac	46	341 km S	844	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Sauveur	29	527 km W	849	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · 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 Bannay'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 Celle-Saint-Cyr	89	72 km NE	840	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Égliseneuve-près-Billom	63	189 km S	937	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Longes	69	251 km SE	938	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montaut-les-Créneaux	32	445 km SW	697	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Boismorand	45	46 km N	860	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Valfleury	42	241 km SE	739	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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