Lignières
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lignières (INSEE 18127) is in Cher (18), part of CC Arnon Boischaut Cher. Population 1,310 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 66 % of the 12,629 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.94 |
| Housing mix | 0.67 | 5 | 3.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LE PANIER DU PECHEUR). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LA GALTOUERE · AUBERGE DU CHATEAU). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PHILIBERT LAUTISSIER). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIHAELA GRIGORIU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
2 × Bank (LIGNIERES · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIF COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LE PANIER DU PECHEUR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 3 | LA GALTOUERE · AUBERGE DU CHATEAU | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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 | 1 | COLLEGE PHILIBERT LAUTISSIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | MIHAELA GRIGORIU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | LIGNIERES · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 2 | CREA'TIF COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,423 (2012) → 1,310 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,650 (1990) → 1,310 (2023): -20.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 938, of which 16.4 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lignières): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lignières): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Lignières): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chezal-Benoît): 9.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lignières): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LIGNIERES weather station, 1.7 km away at 191 m; the village itself is at 161 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MAISONNAIS, 9.4 km away at 219 m, over 15 summers. [10]
That station sits 58 m above 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 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LIGNIERES, 1.7 km away at 191 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18127/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18127/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18127/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18127/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18127
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18065
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vayrac | 46 | 203 km S | 1,266 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 % |
| La Bazoche-Gouet | 28 | 179 km NW | 1,234 | 49.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vorey | 43 | 220 km SE | 1,488 | 51.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 % |
| Gabarret | 40 | 351 km SW | 1,283 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mugron | 40 | 405 km SW | 1,348 | 52.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 61 % |
| Pont-de-Salars | 12 | 278 km S | 1,623 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bazoche-Gouet | 28 | 179 km NW | 1,234 | 49.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vayrac | 46 | 203 km S | 1,266 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 % |
| Vorey | 43 | 220 km SE | 1,488 | 51.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 % |
| Pont-de-Salars | 12 | 278 km S | 1,623 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 % |
| Gabarret | 40 | 351 km SW | 1,283 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mugron | 40 | 405 km SW | 1,348 | 52.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 61 % |
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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 Lignières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabarret | 40 | 351 km SW | 1,283 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Preignan | 32 | 359 km S | 1,202 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cuisery | 71 | 217 km E | 1,576 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaujeu | 69 | 196 km E | 2,082 | 62.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint Aulaye-Puymangou | 24 | 233 km SW | 1,450 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Laguenne-sur-Avalouze | 19 | 171 km S | 1,577 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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