Jars

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18117

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jars (INSEE 18117) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 481 (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 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,860 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.42	10	4.21
Housing mix	0.52	5	2.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LECLERC). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ JEAN ANDRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHANTAL COCK, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE JARS). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LECLERC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CHEZ JEAN ANDRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	CHANTAL COCK, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	JARS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE JARS	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 596 2023: 481 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 511 (2012) → 481 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 522 (1990) → 481 (2023): -7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 24.1 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 7.3 km NPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Jars): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jars): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Jars): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 75.9

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VAILLY weather station, 7.4 km away at 197 m; the village itself is at 283 m. ^[10]

The village sits 86 m above 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VAILLY/SAULDRE, 8.2 km away at 226 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 968 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JARS, 5.4 km away at 282 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 — 18117/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18117/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18117/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18117/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18269
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
Ségur	12	346 km S	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Concots	46	343 km S	420	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Civry	71	164 km SE	457	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Millay	58	117 km SE	440	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	257 km S	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 28 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	487 km S	592	52	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Millay	58	117 km SE	440	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Julien-de-Civry	71	164 km SE	457	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	257 km S	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 28 %
Concots	46	343 km S	420	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Ségur	12	346 km S	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	487 km S	592	52	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Jars'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-Saturnin	18	105 km S	446	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ferrières-sur-Sichon	03	169 km SE	496	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Rimont	09	502 km S	542	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Champnétery	87	194 km SW	512	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Le Fay	71	216 km E	616	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgvilain	71	187 km SE	344	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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