Lazenay
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 23.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lazenay (INSEE 18124) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de Berry. Population 276 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 17,623 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.09 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 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 353 (2012) → 276 (2023): -21.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 326 (1990) → 276 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 9.1 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Reuilly): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Reuilly): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Reuilly): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Reuilly): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lazenay): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the QUINCY_SA weather station, 9.3 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 119 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 9.3 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. [10]
An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PLOU, 9.2 km away at 124 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 — 18124/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18124/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18124/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18124/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36171
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18124
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outriaz | 01 | 289 km E | 263 | 25.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 % |
| Idaux-Mendy | 64 | 492 km SW | 267 | 26.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 % |
| Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre | 59 | 356 km N | 272 | 26.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gabat | 64 | 478 km SW | 274 | 28.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Paul-de-Fourques | 27 | 257 km N | 277 | 31.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 % |
| Yvrench | 80 | 346 km N | 296 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-de-Fourques | 27 | 257 km N | 277 | 31.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 % |
| Outriaz | 01 | 289 km E | 263 | 25.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 % |
| Yvrench | 80 | 346 km N | 296 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre | 59 | 356 km N | 272 | 26.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gabat | 64 | 478 km SW | 274 | 28.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Idaux-Mendy | 64 | 492 km SW | 267 | 26.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 % |
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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 Lazenay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tousson | 77 | 145 km N | 334 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moulins-sur-Ouanne | 89 | 119 km NE | 272 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaucourtois | 77 | 213 km N | 277 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Richarville | 91 | 156 km N | 386 | 26 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Portes | 27 | 233 km N | 261 | 22.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chenou | 77 | 130 km N | 291 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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