La Chapelle-Hugon

Cher · CC Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois · INSEE 18048

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

Few services 29.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Hugon (INSEE 18048) is in Cher (18), part of CC Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois. Population 387 (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 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 18,035 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.56	10	5.63
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

1 × Restaurant (SOCIETE CHARPY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHAPELLE HUGON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE LA CHAPELLE HUGON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 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	SOCIETE CHARPY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA CHAPELLE HUGON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE LA CHAPELLE HUGON	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 366 peak 2012: 394 2023: 387 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 394 (2012) → 387 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 387 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 12.6 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km NGP — 4.6 km NPharmacy — 4.8 km NBakery — 4.9 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 (La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Chapelle-Hugon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.1

Days at or below 0 °C 64.9

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SANCOINS weather station, 8.5 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 202 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 11.2 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA GUERCHE, 5.9 km away at 185 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 — 18048/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18048/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18048/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18048/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18048
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
Montiers-sur-Saulx	55	250 km NE	365	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Étréchy	18	33 km NW	408	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Grand	88	251 km NE	372	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Montmaur	11	400 km S	356	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Azay-sur-Indre	37	155 km W	363	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Velzic	15	214 km S	401	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Étréchy	18	33 km NW	408	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Azay-sur-Indre	37	155 km W	363	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Velzic	15	214 km S	401	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Montiers-sur-Saulx	55	250 km NE	365	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Grand	88	251 km NE	372	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Montmaur	11	400 km S	356	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Chapelle-Hugon'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
Égleny	89	105 km N	457	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois	71	120 km SE	421	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais	24	297 km SW	357	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saussignac	24	310 km SW	407	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Nothalten	67	372 km NE	409	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Preuilly	18	62 km W	477	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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