Chéry

Cher · CC Coeur de Berry · INSEE 18064

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

No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chéry (INSEE 18064) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de Berry. Population 233 (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 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 16,841 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.69
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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: 306 2023: 233 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 216 (2012) → 233 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 268 (1990) → 233 (2023): -13.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 128, of which 5.5 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.5 km NEBakery — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km SFood shop — 4.3 km S 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 (Reuilly): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Reuilly): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lury-sur-Arnon): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Reuilly): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chéry): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the QUINCY_SA weather station, 7.4 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 7.4 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRINAY, 5.8 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18134
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18064
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
Riupeyrous	64	450 km SW	240	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Annoix	18	41 km SE	250	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Saulx-le-Duc	21	229 km E	246	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Luisetaines	77	172 km NE	229	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Hauterive	03	128 km SE	254	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues	13	416 km SE	229	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Annoix	18	41 km SE	250	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
La Ferté-Hauterive	03	128 km SE	254	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Luisetaines	77	172 km NE	229	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saulx-le-Duc	21	229 km E	246	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues	13	416 km SE	229	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Riupeyrous	64	450 km SW	240	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Chéry'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
Luisetaines	77	172 km NE	229	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-sur-Tourbe	51	307 km NE	216	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Jussy-Champagne	18	48 km E	205	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pailly	52	264 km E	270	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vieux-Champagne	77	182 km NE	192	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Soudron	51	250 km NE	300	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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