Genouilly

Cher · CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry · INSEE 18100

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

Partly served 42.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Genouilly (INSEE 18100) is in Cher (18), part of CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. Population 657 (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/18100-genouilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,712 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.36	10	3.62
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MARCHE D'AURORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GUINGUETTE DE L'ETANG DES SCEPS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENTINA ENE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LUNAIRE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	LE MARCHE D'AURORE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	GUINGUETTE DE L'ETANG DES SCEPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	1	FLORENTINA ENE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	GENOUILLY 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	1	LUNAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 722 peak 1990: 762 2023: 657 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 702 (2012) → 657 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 762 (1990) → 657 (2023): -13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 457, of which 27.6 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 6.0 km SWPharmacy — 6.1 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 (Graçay): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Genouilly): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Genouilly): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Graçay): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.6

Days at or below 0 °C 55.2

Muggy days a summer 6.3

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GRACAY weather station, 6.6 km away at 108 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VIERZON, 14.9 km away at 155 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 740 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GRACAY, 6.6 km away at 108 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 — 18100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18100
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
Carlux	24	260 km S	671	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Richerenches	84	393 km SE	591	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Claviers	83	541 km SE	727	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Septmoncel les Molunes	39	320 km E	812	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 27 % · humidity 57 %
Cayres	43	292 km SE	674	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Beauzély	12	347 km S	550	49.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Carlux	24	260 km S	671	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cayres	43	292 km SE	674	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %
Septmoncel les Molunes	39	320 km E	812	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 27 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Beauzély	12	347 km S	550	49.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Richerenches	84	393 km SE	591	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Claviers	83	541 km SE	727	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Genouilly'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
Carlux	24	260 km S	671	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Léran	09	467 km S	615	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Le Vigeant	86	143 km SW	657	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Soueich	31	469 km S	514	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Méry-ès-Bois	18	38 km E	533	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Culan	18	80 km SE	779	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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