Blancafort

Cher · CC Sauldre et Sologne · INSEE 18030

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blancafort (INSEE 18030) is in Cher (18), part of CC Sauldre et Sologne. Population 998 (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/18030-blancafort

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 14,324 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.51	10	5.07
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE L'OISEAU LYRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	BLANCAFORT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE L'OISEAU LYRE	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		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 [3,4]
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: 1,007 peak 2012: 1,142 2023: 998 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,142 (2012) → 998 (2023): -12.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 991 (1990) → 998 (2023): 0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 663, of which 8.1 % second homes and 16.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SPharmacy — 6.3 km WGP — 8.1 km SW 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 (Oizon): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blancafort): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aubigny-sur-Nère): 8.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Argent-sur-Sauldre): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Blancafort): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.6

Days at or below 0 °C 57.8

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AUBIGNY weather station, 8.1 km away at 188 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AUBIGNY-SUR-NERE, 8.4 km away at 176 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BLANCAFORT, 2 km away at 219 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 — 18030/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18030/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18030/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18030/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18030
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18011
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
Villechenève	69	239 km SE	922	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Prailles-La Couarde	79	248 km SW	929	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nevoy	45	21 km N	1,163	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Gresle	42	210 km SE	857	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vérac	33	358 km SW	883	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Monferran-Savès	32	454 km S	790	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nevoy	45	21 km N	1,163	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Gresle	42	210 km SE	857	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villechenève	69	239 km SE	922	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Prailles-La Couarde	79	248 km SW	929	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vérac	33	358 km SW	883	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Monferran-Savès	32	454 km S	790	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Blancafort'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 Gresle	42	210 km SE	857	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Charnay	69	245 km SE	1,023	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Geneytouse	87	210 km SW	986	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Hermeray	78	139 km NW	1,007	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montvicq	03	137 km S	692	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Champsevraine	52	228 km E	719	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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