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Cornusse

Cher · CC Pays de Nérondes · INSEE 18072

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 6.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cornusse (INSEE 18072) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays de Nérondes. Population 226 (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/18072-cornusse

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 16,695 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.3102.99
Housing mix0.5252.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 390 2023: 226 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 272 (2012) → 226 (2023): -16.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 283 (1990) → 226 (2023): -20.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 24 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 3.5 km NW (Raymond)Food shop — 4.8 km SE (Ourouer-les-Bourdelins)Bakery — 4.9 km SE (Ourouer-les-Bourdelins)Pharmacy — 6.4 km S (Blet)GP — 10.1 km SW (Bussy)
Primary school — 3.5 km NWFood shop — 4.8 km SEBakery — 4.9 km SEPharmacy — 6.4 km SGP — 10.1 km SW 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 (Ourouer-les-Bourdelins): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ourouer-les-Bourdelins): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Bussy): 10.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Blet): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Raymond): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the OUROUER weather station, 6.5 km away at 221 m; the village itself is at 206 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 6.5 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at OUROUER, 6.5 km away at 221 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18072/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18072/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18072/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18072/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18175
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18040
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18031
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18191
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Labassère65480 km SW2279.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Crasville50417 km NW2239.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lignières10145 km NE2238.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Malay71155 km E22510.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ouzouer-le-Doyen41151 km NW22610.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bournazel81324 km S22315.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lignières10145 km NE2238.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Ouzouer-le-Doyen41151 km NW22610.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Malay71155 km E22510.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bournazel81324 km S22315.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 %
Crasville50417 km NW2239.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Labassère65480 km SW2279.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Change71145 km E21710No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montberthault21122 km NE2269.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Amazy5880 km NE2087.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vançais79217 km W2227.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Coulangeron8998 km NE21215.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cailly-sur-Eure27266 km NW22812.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %