Étréchy

Identity

Étréchy (INSEE 18090) is in Cher (18), part of CC la Septaine. Population 408 (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/18090-etrechy

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,960 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FRITE'RIT). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE D'ÉTRÉCHY). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 439 (2012) → 408 (2023): -7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 453 (1990) → 408 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 13.7 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rians): 8.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baugy): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baugy): 8.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Baugy): 8.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Étréchy): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ETRECHY weather station, 2.8 km away at 194 m; the village itself is at 202 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 6.3 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ETRECHY, 2.8 km away at 194 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 83,000 € — 778 € 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18090/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18090/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18090/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18090/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18194
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18023
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18090
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025