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Jussy-le-Chaudrier

Cher · CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise · INSEE 18120

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 38/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jussy-le-Chaudrier (INSEE 18120) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise. Population 579 (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/18120-jussy-le-chaudrier

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,281 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.62106.24
Housing mix0.6353.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (JUSSY LE CHAUDRIER AP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1JUSSY LE CHAUDRIER APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 645 2023: 579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 635 (2012) → 579 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 515 (1990) → 579 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 18.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.4 km NW (Sancergues)Food shop — 3.4 km NW (Sancergues)Pharmacy — 3.4 km N (Sancergues)GP — 3.6 km NW (Sancergues)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km NWFood shop — 3.4 km NWPharmacy — 3.4 km NGP — 3.6 km NW 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 (Sancergues): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sancergues): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Sancergues): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Sancergues): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Jussy-le-Chaudrier): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 9.9 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 186 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 9.9 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. [10]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at SANCERGUES, 3.5 km away at 178 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

47 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 70,000 € — 643 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

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 — 18120/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18120/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18120/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18120/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18240
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18120
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thiéfosse88300 km E59333Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Chédigny37147 km W56640.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Chamaret26339 km SE54238.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Villeny41105 km NW48739.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mosnac17321 km SW49438.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Macaye64538 km SW59337.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villeny41105 km NW48739.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chédigny37147 km W56640.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Thiéfosse88300 km E59333Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Mosnac17321 km SW49438.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Chamaret26339 km SE54238.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Macaye64538 km SW59337.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %

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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 Jussy-le-Chaudrier'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse86171 km W46237.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ymonville28154 km NW47535.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Cramans39216 km E50936.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Voisines89130 km N52332.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Manou28213 km NW60839Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saints-en-Puisaye8960 km NE54837.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %