Foëcy

Cher · CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry · INSEE 18096

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Foëcy (INSEE 18096) is in Cher (18), part of CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. Population 2,046 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18096-foecy

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 9,462 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.48	10	4.82
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 GAILLARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CAFE DE LA GARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC POTTIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE HUSSON LABERGERIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LOUIS ARAGON). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (STYL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL GAILLARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	CAFE DE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ERIC POTTIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE HUSSON LABERGERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 MUNICIPALE LOUIS ARAGON	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	3	STYL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday matin devant la salle des fêtes et le parc de la mairie. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,701 peak 1982: 2,185 2023: 2,046 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,063 (2012) → 2,046 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,083 (1990) → 2,046 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,077, of which 3 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Foëcy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Foëcy): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Foëcy): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Foëcy): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Foëcy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the QUINCY_SA weather station, 4.9 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 4.9 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 686 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at QUINCY_SA, 4.9 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://foecy.fr/vie-locale/vie-economique/le-marche/— “La commune de Foëcy accueille tous les vendredis matin son marché hebdomadaire devant la salle des fêtes et le parc de la mairie”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18096
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
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon	18	2.8 km N	2,026	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-le-Rouge	13	489 km SE	2,376	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Lencloître	86	145 km W	2,483	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Valloire-sur-Cisse	41	79 km NW	2,385	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Chevannes	89	119 km NE	2,137	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Port-Sainte-Marie	47	353 km SW	1,887	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon	18	2.8 km N	2,026	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Valloire-sur-Cisse	41	79 km NW	2,385	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Chevannes	89	119 km NE	2,137	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lencloître	86	145 km W	2,483	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Port-Sainte-Marie	47	353 km SW	1,887	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Châteauneuf-le-Rouge	13	489 km SE	2,376	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Foëcy'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
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon	18	2.8 km N	2,026	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lencloître	86	145 km W	2,483	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chevannes	89	119 km NE	2,137	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Semblançay	37	124 km W	2,200	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Wingersheim les Quatre Bans	67	442 km NE	2,342	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Arches	88	344 km E	1,617	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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