Cuffy

Cher · CC Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois · INSEE 18082

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

Few services 25.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cuffy (INSEE 18082) is in Cher (18), part of CC Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois. Population 1,020 (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/18082-cuffy

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 14,214 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.54
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU PONT CANAL · LA CABANA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LA GRENOUILLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	AUBERGE DU PONT CANAL · LA CABANA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LA POSTE	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	1	LA GRENOUILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 835 peak 2012: 1,109 2023: 1,020 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,109 (2012) → 1,020 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 968 (1990) → 1,020 (2023): 5.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 590, of which 9 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NEGP — 3.8 km NEPharmacy — 3.8 km NEFood shop — 5.7 km NE 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 (Marzy): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marzy): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marzy): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marzy): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cuffy): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.1

Days at or below 0 °C 64.9

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SANCOINS weather station, 17.4 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 189 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 19.3 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CUFFY, 0.3 km away at 183 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 — 18082/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18082/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18082/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18082/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58160
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18082
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
Saulgé	86	178 km W	1,011	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	239 km N	952	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Val-de-Comporté	86	235 km W	999	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Bellefontaine	88	280 km NE	952	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 62 %
Passa	66	488 km S	1,118	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 14 %
Chambon	17	313 km W	983	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saulgé	86	178 km W	1,011	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Comporté	86	235 km W	999	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	239 km N	952	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Bellefontaine	88	280 km NE	952	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 62 %
Chambon	17	313 km W	983	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Passa	66	488 km S	1,118	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Cuffy'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
Luzillat	63	116 km S	1,163	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Poliénas	38	267 km SE	1,111	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard	42	158 km SE	1,033	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Argentine	73	299 km SE	959	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Melay	71	111 km SE	967	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-Bragny	71	95 km SE	989	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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