Jouet-sur-l'Aubois

Cher · CC Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois · INSEE 18118

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

Partly served 45.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jouet-sur-l'Aubois (INSEE 18118) is in Cher (18), part of CC Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois. Population 1,303 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18118-jouet-sur-l-aubois

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 12,657 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.43	10	4.34
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL SPECQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ROCK TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (JOUET DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU GILDAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MAJESTIC · CAFE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (S E L A R L PHARMACIE DE L AUBOIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (JOUET SUR L AUBOIS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (NICO COIFFURE · LES P'TITES COIFF'). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL SPECQUE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ROCK TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	JOUET DISTRIBUTION	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	1	AU GILDAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE MAJESTIC · CAFE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	S E L A R L PHARMACIE DE L AUBOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	1	JOUET SUR L AUBOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	NICO COIFFURE · LES P'TITES COIFF'	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 1,551 peak 1975: 1,616 2023: 1,303 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,461 (2012) → 1,303 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,395 (1990) → 1,303 (2023): -6.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 844, of which 5.9 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 5.6 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 (Jouet-sur-l'Aubois): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jouet-sur-l'Aubois): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beffes): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Jouet-sur-l'Aubois): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Jouet-sur-l'Aubois): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEVRY weather station, 17.3 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 17.3 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA GUERCHE, 9.9 km away at 185 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 — 18118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18025
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-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	211 km SW	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Melrand	56	470 km W	1,598	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Uzel	22	458 km W	1,134	57.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Savigné	86	226 km SW	1,256	59.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
La Pacaudière	42	118 km SE	1,088	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Mélisey	70	282 km E	1,625	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Pacaudière	42	118 km SE	1,088	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	211 km SW	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Savigné	86	226 km SW	1,256	59.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Mélisey	70	282 km E	1,625	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Uzel	22	458 km W	1,134	57.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Melrand	56	470 km W	1,598	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Jouet-sur-l'Aubois'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-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	211 km SW	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bélesta	09	468 km S	1,091	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnat	23	115 km SW	1,357	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Sauves	86	221 km W	1,281	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cussac	87	222 km SW	1,152	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bais	53	285 km NW	1,222	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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