Lunery

Cher · CC FerCher · INSEE 18133

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lunery (INSEE 18133) is in Cher (18), part of CC FerCher. Population 1,486 (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 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 11,691 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.39	10	3.92
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DES PITCHOONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT FRONDEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GERARD JAMET). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RENE MARIAT). ^[3]

2 × Post office / agence postale (ROSIERES AP · LUNERY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE BORIS VIAN). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING INTERCOMMUNAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DELICES DES PITCHOONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PETIT FRONDEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE GERARD JAMET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RENE MARIAT	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	2	ROSIERES AP · LUNERY AP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE BORIS VIAN	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	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	1	CAMPING INTERCOMMUNAL	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

1968: 2,329 peak 1975: 2,440 2023: 1,486 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,467 (2012) → 1,486 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,665 (1990) → 1,486 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 754, of which 4.1 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 2.3 km NWPrimary school — 2.3 km NWPharmacy — 6.5 km NGP — 6.7 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 (Lunery): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lunery): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lunery): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CIVRAY weather station, 9.1 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 132 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 9.1 km away at 148 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-FLORENT/CHER, 6.1 km away at 146 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 — 18133/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18133/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18133/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18133/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18207
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
Chevillon-sur-Huillard	45	117 km N	1,506	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Bouvesse-Quirieu	38	273 km SE	1,524	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Les Ormes	86	126 km W	1,613	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Blyes	01	259 km SE	1,401	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Estèphe	33	300 km SW	1,638	45.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Guyomard	56	372 km W	1,468	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chevillon-sur-Huillard	45	117 km N	1,506	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Les Ormes	86	126 km W	1,613	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Blyes	01	259 km SE	1,401	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Bouvesse-Quirieu	38	273 km SE	1,524	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Estèphe	33	300 km SW	1,638	45.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Guyomard	56	372 km W	1,468	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Lunery'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
Les Ormes	86	126 km W	1,613	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saché	37	135 km W	1,403	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pardoux-Soutiers	79	200 km W	1,869	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Luant	36	59 km W	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vouneuil-sur-Vienne	86	134 km W	2,277	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Oyré	86	125 km W	962	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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