Chalivoy-Milon

Cher · CC le Dunois · INSEE 18045

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

No daily shops 16.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chalivoy-Milon (INSEE 18045) is in Cher (18), part of CC le Dunois. Population 388 (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 16.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 17,996 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.31	10	3.07
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.09

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Post office / agence postale (CHALIVOY MILON AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	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	1	CHALIVOY MILON 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 [3,4]
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: 471 peak 1975: 520 2023: 388 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 476 (2012) → 388 (2023): -18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 481 (1990) → 388 (2023): -19.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 19.1 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km NFood shop — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.6 km NGP — 8.3 km NW 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): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thaumiers): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bussy): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Blet): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chalivoy-Milon): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the OUROUER weather station, 10.4 km away at 221 m; the village itself is at 217 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 10.4 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE PONDY, 7.9 km away at 171 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 — 18045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18045
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
Vaulry	87	155 km SW	394	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Couat-d'Aude	11	407 km S	387	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Luglon	40	408 km SW	373	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Lencouacq	40	391 km SW	378	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 85 %
Vitry-sur-Loire	71	79 km E	428	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne	37	200 km W	360	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vitry-sur-Loire	71	79 km E	428	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Vaulry	87	155 km SW	394	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne	37	200 km W	360	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Lencouacq	40	391 km SW	378	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Couat-d'Aude	11	407 km S	387	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Luglon	40	408 km SW	373	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · 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 Chalivoy-Milon'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
Vaulry	87	155 km SW	394	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Celon	36	99 km W	387	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Ordon	89	134 km N	419	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Autrèche	37	149 km NW	419	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Annoire	39	196 km E	423	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Verlin	89	135 km N	406	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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