Blet

Cher · CC Pays de Nérondes · INSEE 18031

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

Partly served 57.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blet (INSEE 18031) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays de Nérondes. Population 566 (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 57.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,371 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.95	20	19
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.32	10	3.21
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (IRINA PERMINOVA · LA PETITE CUISINE · BLET FAST). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DE FRANCE · L ESCALE DE BLET). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ES SAID). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA FERME BLETOISE	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	3	IRINA PERMINOVA · LA PETITE CUISINE · BLET FAST	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DE FRANCE · L ESCALE DE BLET	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ES SAID	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BLET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MICHEL BIBANOW	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 730 peak 1975: 749 2023: 566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 652 (2012) → 566 (2023): -13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 689 (1990) → 566 (2023): -17.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 393, of which 16 % second homes and 18.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 8.3 km W 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 (Blet): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blet): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bussy): 8.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Blet): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Blet): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the OUROUER weather station, 6.5 km away at 221 m; the village itself is at 178 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 6.5 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at OUROUER, 6.5 km away at 221 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 — 18031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18040
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
Mauprévoir	86	187 km SW	608	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Labastide-d'Armagnac	40	397 km SW	673	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Olliergues	63	153 km SE	736	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Landes	17	274 km W	575	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sennely	45	97 km NW	677	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vicq-sur-Nahon	36	94 km W	677	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vicq-sur-Nahon	36	94 km W	677	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sennely	45	97 km NW	677	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Olliergues	63	153 km SE	736	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mauprévoir	86	187 km SW	608	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Landes	17	274 km W	575	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-d'Armagnac	40	397 km SW	673	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Blet'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
Olliergues	63	153 km SE	736	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Landes	17	274 km W	575	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sennely	45	97 km NW	677	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Châtel-Censoir	89	98 km NE	561	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léon	03	92 km SE	530	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Ferté-Beauharnais	41	98 km NW	561	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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