Le Châtelet

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18059

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

Partly served 46.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Châtelet (INSEE 18059) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 920 (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/18059-le-chatelet

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 14,860 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.79	5	3.96
Population trend	0.33	10	3.32
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 × Supermarket. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE AXEL KAHN - SITE DU CHATELET). ^[3]

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

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

3 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE PRESSE & MÉDIAS · RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES-COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES BERRY GRAND SUD). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NATH'COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,3]

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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1		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 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE AXEL KAHN - SITE DU CHATELET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE CALAUX	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	3	BIBLIOTHÈQUE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE PRESSE & MÉDIAS · RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES-COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES BERRY GRAND SUD	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	NATH'COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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: 1,226 peak 1975: 1,265 2023: 920 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,083 (2012) → 920 (2023): -15.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,106 (1990) → 920 (2023): -16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 685, of which 13.1 % second homes and 21 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 11.3 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 (Le Châtelet): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Châtelet): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Culan): 11.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Châtelet): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Châtelet): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 62.9

Muggy days a summer 5.5

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE CHATELET weather station, 0.7 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAISONNAIS, 5.7 km away at 219 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE CHATELET, 0.7 km away at 210 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 — 18059/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18059/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18059/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18059/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18083
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
Lanouaille	24	165 km SW	926	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Rochefort-Montagne	63	114 km S	844	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert	24	179 km SW	830	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Écouis	27	303 km N	863	56	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Faverney	70	315 km NE	980	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Cussac	87	152 km SW	1,152	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rochefort-Montagne	63	114 km S	844	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Cussac	87	152 km SW	1,152	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Lanouaille	24	165 km SW	926	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert	24	179 km SW	830	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Écouis	27	303 km N	863	56	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Faverney	70	315 km NE	980	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · 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 Le Châtelet'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
Ginestet	24	240 km SW	762	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villamblard	24	225 km SW	851	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac	24	255 km SW	1,280	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Savin	86	109 km W	816	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mane	31	410 km S	969	62.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Aspet	31	420 km S	907	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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