Contres
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Contres (INSEE 18071) is in Cher (18), part of CC le Dunois. Population 35 (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 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 2,719 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 | 0.75 | 10 | 7.5 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 5 |
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 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
Population 35 (2012) → 35 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 28 (1990) → 35 (2023): 25 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 15, of which 0 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Dun-sur-Auron): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Dun-sur-Auron): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Dun-sur-Auron): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Dun-sur-Auron): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Germain-des-Bois): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the DUN weather station, 6 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 165 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at DUN-SUR-AURON, 6.8 km away at 167 m, over 15 summers. [10]
An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at DUN, 6 km away at 160 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 — 18071/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18071/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18071/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18071/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18087
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18212
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bienville-la-Petite | 54 | 359 km NE | 36 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Rapsécourt | 51 | 295 km NE | 34 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Gibercourt | 02 | 325 km N | 37 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vennezey | 54 | 346 km NE | 37 | 10.1 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Gimécourt | 55 | 308 km NE | 37 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Avelanges | 21 | 207 km NE | 33 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avelanges | 21 | 207 km NE | 33 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
| Rapsécourt | 51 | 295 km NE | 34 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Gimécourt | 55 | 308 km NE | 37 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Gibercourt | 02 | 325 km N | 37 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vennezey | 54 | 346 km NE | 37 | 10.1 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Bienville-la-Petite | 54 | 359 km NE | 36 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Contres'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francheville | 39 | 229 km E | 39 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Verneuil | 18 | 11 km SE | 34 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Parnay | 18 | 6.4 km E | 49 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cogny | 18 | 13 km E | 31 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verdon | 24 | 270 km SW | 35 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Élix-Séglan | 31 | 428 km S | 51 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
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