La Celette

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18041

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

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Celette (INSEE 18041) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 205 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,110 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.39
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ARTCHANGE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	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	1	ARTCHANGE	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: 305 2023: 205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 179 (2012) → 205 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 180 (1990) → 205 (2023): 13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 32.6 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.3 km WBakery — 6.7 km SEPharmacy — 7.9 km NGP — 8.4 km N 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 (Urçay): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arcomps): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 8.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 7.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Celette): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.1

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ORVAL weather station, 8.3 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 9.7 km away at 177 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ORVAL, 8.3 km away at 165 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 — 18041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18009
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18041
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
Sivignon	71	153 km E	178	14.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Ferréol-Trente-Pas	26	324 km SE	218	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Lherm	46	252 km SW	228	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Queyssac-les-Vignes	19	196 km S	235	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Le Masnau-Massuguiès	81	317 km S	248	11.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Cahus	46	194 km S	185	14.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sivignon	71	153 km E	178	14.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Cahus	46	194 km S	185	14.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Queyssac-les-Vignes	19	196 km S	235	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Lherm	46	252 km SW	228	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Le Masnau-Massuguiès	81	317 km S	248	11.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Ferréol-Trente-Pas	26	324 km SE	218	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %

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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 La Celette'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
Ardenais	18	12 km W	205	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Perche	18	4.4 km E	205	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-des-Combes	24	239 km SW	205	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-les-Bois	18	19 km W	261	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jeanvrin	18	23 km W	169	7.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Foy-de-Longas	24	236 km SW	242	7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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