Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18146

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre (INSEE 18146) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 292 (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 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,786 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT ZINC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MENETREOL SOUS SANCERRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (L'EAU DOUCE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	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	1	LE P'TIT ZINC	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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)	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	1	MENETREOL SOUS SANCERRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L'EAU DOUCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 390 peak 1975: 436 2023: 292 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 368 (2012) → 292 (2023): -20.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 353 (1990) → 292 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 23.3 % second homes and 21.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.1 km NWGP — 2.5 km NW 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 (Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sancerre): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sancerre): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sancerre): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 51.3

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THAUVENAY_SA weather station, 1.8 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at THAUVENAY_SA, 1.8 km away at 195 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 852 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at THAUVENAY, 1.8 km away at 158 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 — 18146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18241
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
Haspelschiedt	57	395 km NE	281	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Charchilla	39	237 km SE	302	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Macqueville	17	289 km SW	297	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Chichée	89	90 km NE	297	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Traves	70	236 km E	345	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Père	89	70 km E	289	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Père	89	70 km E	289	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chichée	89	90 km NE	297	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Traves	70	236 km E	345	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Charchilla	39	237 km SE	302	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Macqueville	17	289 km SW	297	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Haspelschiedt	57	395 km NE	281	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · 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 Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre'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
Haspelschiedt	57	395 km NE	281	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chassagne-Montrachet	21	148 km E	261	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montillot	89	69 km E	247	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Carisey	89	100 km NE	377	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Surgy	58	54 km NE	335	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bouges-le-Château	36	95 km W	261	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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