Jalognes
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Jalognes (INSEE 18116) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 264 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 18.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.74 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (JALOGNES AP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | 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 | JALOGNES 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 285 (2012) → 264 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 271 (1990) → 264 (2023): -2.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 19.6 % second homes and 17.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Veaugues): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Veaugues): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Veaugues): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Sancerre): 11.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Jalognes): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the THAUVENAY_SA weather station, 9.4 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 188 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at THAUVENAY_SA, 9.4 km away at 195 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at JALOGNES, 1 km away at 207 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
41 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 73,000 € — 589 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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 — 18116/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18116/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18116/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18116/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18272
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18241
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18116
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghione | 2B | 774 km SE | 258 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Rémy | 19 | 180 km S | 244 | 20 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valeilles | 82 | 350 km SW | 242 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Espinasse | 63 | 133 km S | 274 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux | 19 | 185 km S | 293 | 24.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lavaufranche | 23 | 109 km S | 232 | 19 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavaufranche | 23 | 109 km S | 232 | 19 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espinasse | 63 | 133 km S | 274 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Rémy | 19 | 180 km S | 244 | 20 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux | 19 | 185 km S | 293 | 24.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valeilles | 82 | 350 km SW | 242 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Aghione | 2B | 774 km SE | 258 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · 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 Jalognes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleville | 51 | 187 km N | 262 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-d'Arcé | 72 | 193 km W | 337 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rouvres-les-Bois | 36 | 87 km W | 281 | 26 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mary | 71 | 147 km SE | 281 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Presly | 18 | 36 km NW | 207 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bona | 58 | 52 km E | 296 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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