Bengy-sur-Craon

Cher · CC Pays de Nérondes · INSEE 18027

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

Few services 39.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bengy-sur-Craon (INSEE 18027) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays de Nérondes. Population 628 (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/18027-bengy-sur-craon

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,827 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.59	10	5.9
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE RENDEZ-VOUS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BENGY SUR CRAON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE RENDEZ-VOUS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	BENGY SUR CRAON 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	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: 700 2023: 628 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 679 (2012) → 628 (2023): -7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 576 (1990) → 628 (2023): 9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 345, of which 5.2 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.4 km EPharmacy — 8.3 km NWGP — 8.4 km NW 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 (Nérondes): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bengy-sur-Craon): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avord): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Avord): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bengy-sur-Craon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the OUROUER weather station, 9.2 km away at 221 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 9.2 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAUGY, 8.5 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18027/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18027/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18027/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18027/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18160
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18027
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18018
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
Germignac	17	285 km SW	653	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Longechenal	38	266 km SE	593	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Cognat-Lyonne	03	108 km SE	706	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Artigat	09	442 km S	574	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust	85	263 km W	642	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Beaupont	01	203 km E	734	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cognat-Lyonne	03	108 km SE	706	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Beaupont	01	203 km E	734	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust	85	263 km W	642	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Longechenal	38	266 km SE	593	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Germignac	17	285 km SW	653	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Artigat	09	442 km S	574	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Bengy-sur-Craon'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
Cognat-Lyonne	03	108 km SE	706	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-du-Plain	79	245 km W	565	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Sanxay	86	217 km W	548	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé	71	166 km E	592	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Champigny-en-Beauce	41	138 km NW	594	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chemilly	03	71 km SE	580	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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