Lapan
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 16.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lapan (INSEE 18122) is in Cher (18), part of CC Arnon Boischaut Cher. Population 229 (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/18122-lapan
Vitality score
Vitality score 16.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 16,761 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.77 | 5 | 3.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 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
Population 190 (2012) → 229 (2023): 20.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 137 (1990) → 229 (2023): 67.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 11.7 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lunery): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lunery): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Arçay): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CIVRAY weather station, 11.7 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 135 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 11.7 km away at 148 m, over 15 summers. [11]
An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 7.3 km away at 166 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18122/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18122/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18122/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18122/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18133
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18058
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18008
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levesville-la-Chenard | 28 | 158 km N | 229 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| La Couture | 85 | 275 km W | 231 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 68 % |
| Touffreville-sur-Eu | 76 | 350 km N | 226 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 % |
| Courgis | 89 | 145 km NE | 231 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sorbey | 55 | 367 km NE | 227 | 16.3 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Moisville | 27 | 229 km N | 233 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courgis | 89 | 145 km NE | 231 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Levesville-la-Chenard | 28 | 158 km N | 229 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Moisville | 27 | 229 km N | 233 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 % |
| La Couture | 85 | 275 km W | 231 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 68 % |
| Touffreville-sur-Eu | 76 | 350 km N | 226 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sorbey | 55 | 367 km NE | 227 | 16.3 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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 Lapan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chillac | 16 | 253 km SW | 227 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brion | 86 | 154 km SW | 224 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guesnes | 86 | 162 km W | 239 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontainebrux | 39 | 239 km E | 224 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dannemarie | 78 | 211 km N | 229 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Berthegon | 86 | 155 km W | 259 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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