Civray

Cher · CC FerCher · INSEE 18066

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

Partly served 42.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Civray (INSEE 18066) is in Cher (18), part of CC FerCher. Population 926 (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/18066-civray

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 14,805 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.05
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES DE CIVRAY). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (BISTRO SUR ROUES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - GROUPE SCOLAIRE SIMONE VEIL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CIVRAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES GOURMANDISES DE CIVRAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	BISTRO SUR ROUES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE - GROUPE SCOLAIRE SIMONE VEIL	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	1	CIVRAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 893 peak 1990: 1,023 2023: 926 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,008 (2012) → 926 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,023 (1990) → 926 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 490, of which 5.3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 5.0 km NWFood shop — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 5.1 km NW 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 (Civray): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chârost): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chârost): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chârost): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Civray): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CIVRAY weather station, 2.8 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 2.8 km away at 148 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CIVRAY, 2.8 km away at 148 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 — 18066/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18066/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18066/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18066/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18066
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18055
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
Moussoulens	11	410 km S	956	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Oyré	86	118 km W	962	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Cour-et-Buis	38	276 km SE	920	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Lens-Lestang	26	289 km SE	884	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
La Selle-Craonnaise	53	261 km NW	895	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Valsonne	69	207 km SE	1,005	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Oyré	86	118 km W	962	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Valsonne	69	207 km SE	1,005	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
La Selle-Craonnaise	53	261 km NW	895	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Cour-et-Buis	38	276 km SE	920	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Lens-Lestang	26	289 km SE	884	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Moussoulens	11	410 km S	956	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Civray'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
Oyré	86	118 km W	962	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Labarthe-Inard	31	442 km S	871	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Pigny	18	31 km NE	966	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Condeissiat	01	240 km E	839	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Coussay-les-Bois	86	110 km W	919	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Régnié-Durette	69	210 km SE	1,151	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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