Bué

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18039

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bué (INSEE 18039) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 296 (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/18039-bue

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 17,802 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.43
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICES ET TRADITION). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BERNARD VERDIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MOMENTO RESTAURANT MOMENTO CAVE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE SAINT-VINCENT). ^[4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	SARL BERNARD VERDIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	MOMENTO RESTAURANT MOMENTO CAVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE SAINT-VINCENT	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	BUE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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]
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 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: 412 2023: 296 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 342 (2012) → 296 (2023): -13.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 351 (1990) → 296 (2023): -15.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 225, of which 14.7 % second homes and 21.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop GP — 3.2 km NEPrimary school — 3.8 km WPharmacy — 4.3 km NE 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 (Bué): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bué): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sancerre): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sancerre): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Crézancy-en-Sancerre): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 45.7

Muggy days a summer 5.2

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SANCERRE weather station, 2.9 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 242 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SANCERRE, 2.9 km away at 240 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUE, 0.7 km away at 271 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 — 18039/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18039/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18039/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18039/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18079
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
Chassignelles	89	115 km NE	289	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Gueschart	80	331 km N	361	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Chambray	27	225 km NW	391	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Belval	50	363 km NW	333	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Robert	19	256 km SW	294	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Sallenelles	14	312 km NW	287	28	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chassignelles	89	115 km NE	289	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Chambray	27	225 km NW	391	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Robert	19	256 km SW	294	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Sallenelles	14	312 km NW	287	28	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Gueschart	80	331 km N	361	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Belval	50	363 km NW	333	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 59 % · 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 Bué'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
Pougne-Hérisson	79	253 km W	353	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rillé	37	192 km W	313	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Mazères-de-Neste	65	503 km S	350	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Manerbe	14	285 km NW	544	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Izaut-de-l'Hôtel	31	504 km S	298	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vouécourt	52	205 km NE	210	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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