Humbligny

Identity

Humbligny (INSEE 18111) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 175 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/18111-humbligny

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 15,200 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 180 (2012) → 175 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 189 (1990) → 175 (2023): -7.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 18.8 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Neuvy-Deux-Clochers): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Veaugues): 7.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Veaugues): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Henrichemont): 11.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montigny): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the HENRICHEMONT weather station, 6.9 km away at 377 m; the village itself is at 327 m. ^[12]

The village sits 50 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PARASSY, 10.5 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 70 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,023 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at HENRICHEMONT, 6.9 km away at 377 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 60,000 € — 794 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18111/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18111/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18111/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18111/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18163
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18272
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18109
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18151
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025