Charenton-du-Cher

Cher · CC Coeur de France · INSEE 18052

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charenton-du-Cher (INSEE 18052) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de France. Population 984 (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/18052-charenton-du-cher

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 14,420 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.35	10	3.53
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MDJ ROGIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AL'AUMIAM18 · UNE LOGO DE UNE FAISAN DORE AVEC LE TEXTE 'AU FAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU LAUGERE). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SCHEMBERG THOREL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARENTON DU CHER AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE GUY MORINAT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'EVASION). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MDJ ROGIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	AL'AUMIAM18 · UNE LOGO DE UNE FAISAN DORE AVEC LE TEXTE 'AU FAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU LAUGERE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SCHEMBERG THOREL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHARENTON DU CHER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE GUY MORINAT	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	1	COIFF'EVASION	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: 1,372 2023: 984 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,100 (2012) → 984 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,154 (1990) → 984 (2023): -14.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 667, of which 9.3 % second homes and 17.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km WPharmacy — 0.7 km WGP — 4.6 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 (Charenton-du-Cher): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charenton-du-Cher): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ainay-le-Château): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Charenton-du-Cher): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Charenton-du-Cher): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 47.5

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-AMAND-MTROND weather station, 10.8 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 10.8 km away at 177 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-PIERRE, 0.9 km away at 174 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 — 18052/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18052/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18052/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18052/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18052
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03003
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
Montaudin	53	329 km NW	879	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Wailly-Beaucamp	62	415 km N	1,062	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Fanjeaux	11	397 km S	885	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Prayssas	47	318 km SW	993	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Étréaupont	02	365 km N	839	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Hauteroche	39	230 km E	971	66.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hauteroche	39	230 km E	971	66.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Prayssas	47	318 km SW	993	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Montaudin	53	329 km NW	879	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Étréaupont	02	365 km N	839	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Fanjeaux	11	397 km S	885	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Wailly-Beaucamp	62	415 km N	1,062	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · 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 Charenton-du-Cher'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
Availles-Limouzine	86	167 km SW	1,312	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lager	69	170 km SE	1,056	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Pressac	86	173 km W	544	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Trie-sur-Baïse	65	419 km SW	1,006	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Coteaux-du-Blanzacais	16	245 km SW	1,013	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Adriers	86	151 km W	698	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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