Bannegon

Cher · CC le Dunois · INSEE 18021

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

Few services 25.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bannegon (INSEE 18021) is in Cher (18), part of CC le Dunois. Population 233 (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/18021-bannegon

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,841 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	0.4	10	3.96
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 × Café / bar (LE SAGONIN). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BARBE & COIFF). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAGONIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BANNEGON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	1	BARBE & COIFF	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]
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: 383 2023: 233 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 251 (2012) → 233 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 260 (1990) → 233 (2023): -10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 29.2 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.4 km NWBakery — 9.6 km SWPharmacy — 9.6 km SWGP — 9.9 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 (Charenton-du-Cher): 9.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thaumiers): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ainay-le-Château): 9.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Charenton-du-Cher): 9.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bannegon): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DUN weather station, 14.3 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 15.6 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE PONDY, 5.6 km away at 171 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 — 18021/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18021/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18021/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18021/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18052
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18021
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
Varennes-sur-Amance	52	251 km NE	255	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Serdinya	66	472 km S	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guipy	58	81 km NE	222	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saurier	63	142 km S	245	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Nalliers	86	143 km W	302	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Runan	22	491 km NW	245	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guipy	58	81 km NE	222	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saurier	63	142 km S	245	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Nalliers	86	143 km W	302	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Varennes-sur-Amance	52	251 km NE	255	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Serdinya	66	472 km S	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Runan	22	491 km NW	245	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 36 % · 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 Bannegon'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
Massilly	71	153 km E	301	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Leucamp	15	225 km S	244	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Paris-l'Hôpital	71	147 km E	285	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sermizelles	89	116 km NE	248	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Grossouvre	18	19 km NE	264	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure	16	217 km SW	312	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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