Couy

Cher · CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise · INSEE 18077

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couy (INSEE 18077) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise. Population 369 (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/18077-couy

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 18,051 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.7	10	6.98
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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) (SARL FLEURS DE PETRIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ LAURA). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL FLEURS DE PETRIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CHEZ LAURA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	1	COUY 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: 417 2023: 369 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 374 (2012) → 369 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 308 (1990) → 369 (2023): 19.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 255, of which 14.1 % second homes and 19.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.6 km SGP — 7.8 km SWPharmacy — 8.1 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 (Couy): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villequiers): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baugy): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Baugy): 8.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Couy): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SEVRY weather station, 2.8 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 2.8 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SEVRY, 2.8 km away at 205 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

42 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 89,250 € — 664 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18023
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais	86	217 km W	354	35.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc	33	344 km SW	349	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Malviès	11	447 km S	361	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 43 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Symphorien	72	245 km NW	509	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Machézal	42	174 km SE	403	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Alaigne	11	450 km S	327	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Machézal	42	174 km SE	403	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais	86	217 km W	354	35.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Symphorien	72	245 km NW	509	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc	33	344 km SW	349	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Malviès	11	447 km S	361	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 43 % · humidity 14 %
Alaigne	11	450 km S	327	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Couy'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
Meloisey	21	145 km E	321	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Masléon	87	179 km SW	291	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lesmont	10	188 km NE	298	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cœuvres-et-Valsery	02	248 km N	467	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Crézancy-en-Sancerre	18	22 km N	417	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Coulongé	72	207 km W	506	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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