Châteauneuf-sur-Cher

Cher · CC Arnon Boischaut Cher · INSEE 18058

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châteauneuf-sur-Cher (INSEE 18058) is in Cher (18), part of CC Arnon Boischaut Cher. Population 1,360 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 12,311 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (L'ART DU BON PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA CH'TITE EPICERIE DE SOPHIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE PARIS ET DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES LEVIF, MÉDECIN · VIOREL ROBESCU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE GOLDARAZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CHATEAUNEUF SUR CHER · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL CTRE LOIRE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (IMAGIN'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L ILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Restaurant. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ART DU BON PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA CH'TITE EPICERIE DE SOPHIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE PARIS ET DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JACQUES LEVIF, MÉDECIN · VIOREL ROBESCU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE GOLDARAZ	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	CHATEAUNEUF SUR CHER · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL CTRE LOIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	IMAGIN'HAIR	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE L ILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,783 2023: 1,360 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,481 (2012) → 1,360 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,645 (1990) → 1,360 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 957, of which 5.9 % second homes and 27.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64.7

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MAREUIL weather station, 12.5 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 137 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 18.1 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 1.2 km away at 166 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18058/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18058/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18058/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18058/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18058
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
Arnay-le-Duc	21	167 km E	1,342	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Mondoubleau	41	165 km NW	1,297	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Viesly	59	376 km N	1,364	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Auchy-lès-Hesdin	62	394 km N	1,513	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
L'Isle-en-Dodon	31	404 km S	1,614	52.6	Partly served	no figures
L'Île-Bouchard	37	147 km W	1,606	58.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
L'Île-Bouchard	37	147 km W	1,606	58.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Mondoubleau	41	165 km NW	1,297	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Arnay-le-Duc	21	167 km E	1,342	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Viesly	59	376 km N	1,364	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Auchy-lès-Hesdin	62	394 km N	1,513	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
L'Isle-en-Dodon	31	404 km S	1,614	52.6	Partly served	no figures

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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 Châteauneuf-sur-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
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	142 km E	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bracieux	41	97 km NW	1,343	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Champeix	63	154 km SE	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vallon-en-Sully	03	42 km SE	1,457	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurey-sur-Ouche	21	199 km E	1,535	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nolay	21	176 km E	1,409	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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