Boulleret

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18032

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

Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boulleret (INSEE 18032) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 1,397 (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/18032-boulleret

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 12,123 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	0.26	25	6.56
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	0.47	10	4.75
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (DELICES ET TRADITION). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (MAISON MEDARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BERGERAC). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF MAISON DES ASSOCIATIONS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DELICES ET TRADITION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	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	1	MAISON MEDARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BERGERAC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FLORENCE AUBENAS	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	BOULLERET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF MAISON DES ASSOCIATIONS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,342 peak 2017: 1,436 2023: 1,397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,349 (2012) → 1,397 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,433 (1990) → 1,397 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 848, of which 9.3 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.9 km EPharmacy — 4.0 km E 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 (Boulleret): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boulleret): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.1

Muggy days a summer 2

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LERE weather station, 4 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 168 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LERE, 4 km away at 139 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 723 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LERE, 4 km away at 139 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 — 18032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58086
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
Castagniers	06	527 km SE	1,666	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Magne	33	422 km SW	1,260	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	373 km SW	1,365	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Guyomard	56	406 km W	1,468	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Sillé-le-Philippe	72	203 km NW	1,085	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ménestreau-en-Villette	45	71 km NW	1,370	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ménestreau-en-Villette	45	71 km NW	1,370	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Sillé-le-Philippe	72	203 km NW	1,085	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	373 km SW	1,365	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Guyomard	56	406 km W	1,468	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Magne	33	422 km SW	1,260	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
Castagniers	06	527 km SE	1,666	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Boulleret'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
Sillé-le-Philippe	72	203 km NW	1,085	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-le-Morhier	28	165 km NW	1,351	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-en-Revermont	71	212 km SE	1,152	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Les Ormes	86	179 km W	1,613	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lavoux	86	200 km SW	1,192	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Quincié-en-Beaujolais	69	197 km SE	1,408	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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