Menetou-Salon

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18145

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

Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Menetou-Salon (INSEE 18145) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 1,626 (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/18145-menetou-salon

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 11,043 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.52	10	5.16
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE MENETOU · L'EVASION SUCREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE BERRY'S). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (BISTROT MENESTRO · LES FONTAINES DU ZIB · LA PIZZ' D'HUGUETTE · LE FLUTEAU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU-SIMON LE GRAND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (S E L A R L PHARMACIE DES COTEAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MENETOU - COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL DE MENETOU · L'EVASION SUCREE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE BERRY'S	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	6	BISTROT MENESTRO · LES FONTAINES DU ZIB · LA PIZZ' D'HUGUETTE · LE FLUTEAU	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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	MATTHIEU-SIMON LE GRAND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	S E L A R L PHARMACIE DES COTEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MENETOU - COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,309 peak 2007: 1,667 2023: 1,626 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,664 (2012) → 1,626 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,600 (1990) → 1,626 (2023): 1.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 994, of which 5.8 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Menetou-Salon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Menetou-Salon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Menetou-Salon): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Menetou-Salon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Menetou-Salon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 54

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PARASSY weather station, 2.7 km away at 257 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PARASSY, 2.7 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PARASSY, 2.7 km away at 257 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18145
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
Hérépian	34	408 km S	1,594	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Aspiran	34	415 km S	1,672	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Val-de-Virieu	38	301 km SE	1,528	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Champagné-les-Marais	85	291 km W	1,824	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 %
Villé	67	380 km E	1,799	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud	79	267 km SW	1,498	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud	79	267 km SW	1,498	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 77 %
Champagné-les-Marais	85	291 km W	1,824	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 %
Val-de-Virieu	38	301 km SE	1,528	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Villé	67	380 km E	1,799	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hérépian	34	408 km S	1,594	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Aspiran	34	415 km S	1,672	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Menetou-Salon'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
Chenoise-Cucharmoy	77	163 km N	1,607	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Jouy-le-Châtel	77	166 km N	1,630	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Quelaines-Saint-Gault	53	259 km W	2,152	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Waldighoffen	68	365 km E	1,558	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Seebach	67	452 km NE	1,616	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Champenoux	54	333 km NE	1,568	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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