La Celle

Cher · CC Coeur de France · INSEE 18042

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Celle (INSEE 18042) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de France. Population 326 (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/18042-la-celle

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,971 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.62	10	6.2
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU COIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU COIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CELLE	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		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: 342 peak 2007: 360 2023: 326 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 344 (2012) → 326 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 291 (1990) → 326 (2023): 12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 16 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.8 km WBakery — 0.9 km WFood shop — 0.9 km WPharmacy — 5.8 km SE 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 (Bruère-Allichamps): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruère-Allichamps): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bruère-Allichamps): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Orval): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Celle): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.9

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ORVAL RAD weather station, 4.5 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 177 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 4.5 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 735 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ORVAL RAD, 4.5 km away at 165 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 — 18042/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18042/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18042/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18042/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18042
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
Herly	62	422 km N	330	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mary	16	189 km SW	354	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Maigné	72	229 km NW	326	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Villognon	16	207 km SW	336	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Nogent-sur-Loir	72	184 km NW	361	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 %
Sainte-Paule	69	186 km SE	338	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nogent-sur-Loir	72	184 km NW	361	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 %
Sainte-Paule	69	186 km SE	338	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mary	16	189 km SW	354	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Villognon	16	207 km SW	336	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Maigné	72	229 km NW	326	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Herly	62	422 km N	330	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Celle'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
Saint-Mary	16	189 km SW	354	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Villognon	16	207 km SW	336	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Paule	69	186 km SE	338	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Jarnosse	42	155 km SE	410	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure	16	197 km SW	312	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Charmé	16	200 km SW	336	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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