Grossouvre

Cher · CC les Trois Provinces · INSEE 18106

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

Few services 27.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grossouvre (INSEE 18106) is in Cher (18), part of CC les Trois Provinces. Population 264 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,458 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.39
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (NOMAD'COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BISTROT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	GROSSOUVRE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	NOMAD'COIFF	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: 420 2023: 264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 287 (2012) → 264 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 254 (1990) → 264 (2023): 3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 8.8 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km SBakery — 5.3 km SPharmacy — 5.4 km SGP — 5.8 km S 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 (Sancoins): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sancoins): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sancoins): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sancoins): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Grossouvre): 0.1 km to the south (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, 5.3 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 194 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 11.5 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SANCOINS, 5.3 km away at 203 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 — 18106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18242
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18106
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
Rivehaute	64	494 km SW	271	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes	09	428 km S	250	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Charentenay	89	97 km NE	288	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Damblain	88	245 km NE	260	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 74 %
Viéville	52	224 km NE	324	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Landresse	25	271 km E	236	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Charentenay	89	97 km NE	288	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Viéville	52	224 km NE	324	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Damblain	88	245 km NE	260	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 74 %
Landresse	25	271 km E	236	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes	09	428 km S	250	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Rivehaute	64	494 km SW	271	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Grossouvre'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
Montbarrey	39	206 km E	304	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Massilly	71	139 km E	301	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzais	18	40 km SW	273	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Val-de-Mercy	89	101 km NE	363	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Belmont	39	202 km E	258	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Boudes	63	159 km S	260	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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