La Groutte

Cher · CC Coeur de France · INSEE 18107

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

No daily shops 18.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Groutte (INSEE 18107) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de France. Population 115 (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 18.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 11,821 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.61	10	6.06
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 137 2023: 115 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 129 (2012) → 115 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 115 (2023): 10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 68, of which 16.2 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NFood shop — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 3.8 km NGP — 4.2 km N 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 (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Groutte): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.1

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORVAL weather station, 4.3 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 198 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 5.5 km away at 177 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ORVAL, 4.3 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 160,000 € — 1,231 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18107/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18107/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18107/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18107/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18107
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Tronchoy	89	174 km NE	119	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Montlaur-en-Diois	26	322 km SE	134	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Cuiry-Housse	02	299 km N	102	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Gennes-Ivergny	62	399 km N	122	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Marsoulas	31	416 km S	143	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Marolles-lès-Bailly	10	216 km NE	115	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tronchoy	89	174 km NE	119	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Marolles-lès-Bailly	10	216 km NE	115	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Cuiry-Housse	02	299 km N	102	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Montlaur-en-Diois	26	322 km SE	134	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Gennes-Ivergny	62	399 km N	122	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Marsoulas	31	416 km S	143	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · 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 La Groutte'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
Barbezières	16	218 km W	134	7.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sarremezan	31	413 km S	89	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Campuzan	65	414 km SW	147	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Oradour	16	214 km SW	163	6.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villenave-près-Marsac	65	419 km SW	110	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mouterre-sur-Blourde	86	145 km W	170	8.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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