Beddes

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18024

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

No daily shops 17.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beddes (INSEE 18024) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 105 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 11,027 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.46
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FRANCE FENUGREC). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	FRANCE FENUGREC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 152 2023: 105 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 89 (2012) → 105 (2023): 18 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 111 (1990) → 105 (2023): -5.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 73, of which 17.8 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.9 km SWBakery — 4.7 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km SPrimary school — 5.0 km SGP — 5.3 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 (Châteaumeillant): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beddes): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châteaumeillant): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteaumeillant): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Châteaumeillant): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 58.7

Muggy days a summer 5.5

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHATEAUMEILLANT weather station, 4.5 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 235 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAISONNAIS, 7.6 km away at 219 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUMEILLANT, 4.5 km away at 243 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 — 18024/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18024/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18024/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18024/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18057
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18024
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
Villarzel-du-Razès	11	385 km S	100	12.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %
Rampoux	46	229 km S	104	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Lannemaignan	32	355 km SW	105	9.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Bonas	32	344 km SW	106	8.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Authe	08	374 km NE	94	13.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Grenier-Montgon	43	165 km SE	112	9.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grenier-Montgon	43	165 km SE	112	9.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Rampoux	46	229 km S	104	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Bonas	32	344 km SW	106	8.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Lannemaignan	32	355 km SW	105	9.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Authe	08	374 km NE	94	13.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Villarzel-du-Razès	11	385 km S	100	12.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Beddes'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
Gensac-de-Boulogne	31	394 km S	109	9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villemort	86	99 km W	100	7.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry	18	12 km E	95	7.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Laffite-Toupière	31	396 km S	98	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Nizan-Gesse	31	396 km S	105	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gaussan	65	399 km S	99	8.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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