Charly
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Charly (INSEE 18054) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays de Nérondes. Population 226 (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 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 16,695 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 3.97 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.08 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 241 (2012) → 226 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 252 (1990) → 226 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 19.2 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Blet): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Blet): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Bussy): 9.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Blet): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Blet): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the OUROUER weather station, 5 km away at 221 m; the village itself is at 188 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at OUROUER, 5 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at OUROUER, 5 km away at 221 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 — 18054/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18054/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18054/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18054/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18031
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18040
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canapville | 61 | 293 km NW | 226 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 74 % |
| Boussan | 31 | 432 km S | 227 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fauguernon | 14 | 315 km NW | 221 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rioux-Martin | 16 | 281 km SW | 231 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Colombe | 46 | 249 km S | 236 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jeantes | 02 | 337 km N | 229 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 46 | 249 km S | 236 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rioux-Martin | 16 | 281 km SW | 231 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Canapville | 61 | 293 km NW | 226 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 74 % |
| Fauguernon | 14 | 315 km NW | 221 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jeantes | 02 | 337 km N | 229 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boussan | 31 | 432 km S | 227 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Charly'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 46 | 249 km S | 236 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Forêt-de-Tessé | 16 | 224 km SW | 206 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bioussac | 16 | 213 km SW | 206 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Feusines | 36 | 65 km SW | 205 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Charles-la-Forêt | 53 | 273 km NW | 231 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sornin-la-Marche | 87 | 156 km SW | 218 | 6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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