Massay

Cher · CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry · INSEE 18140

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

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Massay (INSEE 18140) is in Cher (18), part of CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. Population 1,345 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18140-massay

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 12,407 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.49	10	4.93
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BRAVO). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC AIREAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MASSAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MASSAY). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LA MAISON COIFFURE · VALERIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BRAVO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ERIC AIREAULT, 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	MASSAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MASSAY	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	3	LA MAISON COIFFURE · VALERIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

1968: 1,324 peak 2012: 1,428 2023: 1,345 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,428 (2012) → 1,345 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,354 (1990) → 1,345 (2023): -0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 783, of which 7.3 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.9 km NE 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 (Massay): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Massay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Massay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Méreau): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Massay): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.5

Days at or below 0 °C 52.8

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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

Measured at the VIERZON - VEVES weather station, 7.6 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 11 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRINAY, 6.7 km away at 131 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 — 18140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18148
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
Bords	17	255 km SW	1,375	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Andrest	65	452 km S	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Beauquesne	80	327 km N	1,352	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Palluau	85	277 km W	1,128	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 77 %
Neulise	42	218 km SE	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Mirabeau	84	478 km SE	1,450	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neulise	42	218 km SE	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Bords	17	255 km SW	1,375	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Palluau	85	277 km W	1,128	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 77 %
Beauquesne	80	327 km N	1,352	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Andrest	65	452 km S	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Mirabeau	84	478 km SE	1,450	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Massay'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
La Bridoire	73	340 km SE	1,202	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Épannes	79	222 km SW	851	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villefagnan	16	194 km SW	972	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Villé	67	418 km E	1,799	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villefranche-d'Albigeois	81	363 km S	1,224	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Serrières-de-Briord	01	304 km SE	1,317	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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