Berry-Bouy

Cher · CA Bourges Plus · INSEE 18028

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berry-Bouy (INSEE 18028) is in Cher (18), part of CA Bourges Plus. Population 1,168 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 13,370 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.71	10	7.09
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL BERRICHON). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL ABC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BERRY BOUY). ^[4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL BERRICHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SARL ABC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BERRY BOUY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 501 peak 2012: 1,195 2023: 1,168 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,195 (2012) → 1,168 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 966 (1990) → 1,168 (2023): 20.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 540, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.2 km SGP — 1.3 km SWPharmacy — 5.9 km SE 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 (Berry-Bouy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marmagne): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marmagne): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Berry-Bouy): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOURGES weather station, 7.8 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURGES, 7.8 km away at 161 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 758 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MEHUN-SUR-YEVRE, 6.8 km away at 122 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 — 18028/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18028/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18028/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18028/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18050
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-en-Bray	60	259 km N	1,174	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Avrechy	60	260 km N	1,147	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Montjoire	31	376 km S	1,243	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 80 %
Scientrier	74	327 km E	1,273	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons	33	345 km SW	1,240	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 %
Zudausques	62	405 km N	1,084	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray	60	259 km N	1,174	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Avrechy	60	260 km N	1,147	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Scientrier	74	327 km E	1,273	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons	33	345 km SW	1,240	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 %
Montjoire	31	376 km S	1,243	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 80 %
Zudausques	62	405 km N	1,084	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 74 %

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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 Berry-Bouy'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
Voivres-lès-le-Mans	72	190 km NW	1,345	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzy-la-Forêt	45	83 km N	1,218	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Anneville-Ambourville	76	281 km N	1,153	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mignières	28	153 km NW	1,163	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis	85	264 km W	1,101	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chuisnes	28	169 km NW	1,126	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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