Henrichemont

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18109

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

Partly served 57.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Henrichemont (INSEE 18109) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 1,721 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/18109-henrichemont

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 10,608 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.43	10	4.33
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PLAISIR GOURMAND · BOULANGERIE PIERRE RASLE · BOULANGERIE MARCETEAU). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ROTISSERI HENRI IV · TORCHON CTV). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (SOCIETE MIRADOR). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (HOTEL DU NORD · LE KM · L'EPICERIE · SNACK ORIENTAL · L'AIGRE-DOUCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE KM2). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE BETHUNE-SULLY). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER MERIGOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GIRON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Bank (HENRICHEMONT · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ANNIE COIF' ATTITUDE · BROCELIANDE HAIR STUDIO · MA BULLE D'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PETIT BOIS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	PLAISIR GOURMAND · BOULANGERIE PIERRE RASLE · BOULANGERIE MARCETEAU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ROTISSERI HENRI IV · TORCHON CTV	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LES USAGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SOCIETE MIRADOR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	HOTEL DU NORD · LE KM · L'EPICERIE · SNACK ORIENTAL · L'AIGRE-DOUCE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE KM2	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE BETHUNE-SULLY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	OLIVIER MERIGOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GIRON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	HENRICHEMONT · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ANNIE COIF' ATTITUDE · BROCELIANDE HAIR STUDIO · MA BULLE D'HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PETIT BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,973 2023: 1,721 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,797 (2012) → 1,721 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,845 (1990) → 1,721 (2023): -6.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,221, of which 10.6 % second homes and 17.4 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Henrichemont): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Henrichemont): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Henrichemont): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Henrichemont): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Henrichemont): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 39.2

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the HENRICHEMONT weather station, 4.6 km away at 377 m; the village itself is at 288 m. ^[9]

The village sits 89 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PARASSY, 8.2 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,023 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at HENRICHEMONT, 4.6 km away at 377 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18109/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18109/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18109/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18109/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18109
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
Saint-Germain-Laval	42	200 km SE	1,608	55.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Salies-du-Salat	31	483 km S	1,733	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Murat	15	245 km S	1,770	68.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Monségur	33	350 km SW	1,579	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Les Grandes-Ventes	76	292 km N	1,725	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Massiac	15	234 km S	1,796	61.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-Laval	42	200 km SE	1,608	55.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Massiac	15	234 km S	1,796	61.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 36 %
Murat	15	245 km S	1,770	68.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Les Grandes-Ventes	76	292 km N	1,725	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Monségur	33	350 km SW	1,579	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Salies-du-Salat	31	483 km S	1,733	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Henrichemont'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
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	220 km N	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Entre-deux-Guiers	38	324 km SE	1,915	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Indre	36	108 km W	2,293	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Villemeux-sur-Eure	28	172 km NW	1,780	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Malansac	56	365 km W	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Peillac	56	359 km W	1,873	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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