Nançay

Cher · CC Sauldre et Sologne · INSEE 18159

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nançay (INSEE 18159) is in Cher (18), part of CC Sauldre et Sologne. Population 748 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18159-nancay

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 16,048 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.45	10	4.54
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Fishmonger (DE LA MER A L'ASSIETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GOLF DE NANCAY SOLOGNE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DU CENTRE · L'EMBELLIE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALAIN FOURNIER). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (ATELIER DE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	DE LA MER A L'ASSIETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	GOLF DE NANCAY SOLOGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CAFE DU CENTRE · L'EMBELLIE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALAIN FOURNIER	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	NANCAY AP	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	ATELIER DE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 DES PINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 753 peak 2012: 879 2023: 748 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 879 (2012) → 748 (2023): -14.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 784 (1990) → 748 (2023): -4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 625, of which 25 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km SEPharmacy — 5.9 km SEFood shop — 6.0 km SEGP — 6.1 km SE 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 (Nançay): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuvy-sur-Barangeon): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neuvy-sur-Barangeon): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Neuvy-sur-Barangeon): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Nançay): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 71.9

Muggy days a summer 6.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEUVY-SUR-BAR. weather station, 4.7 km away at 154 m; the village itself is at 134 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VIERZON, 15.6 km away at 155 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NEUVY-SUR-BAR., 4.7 km away at 154 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 — 18159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18159
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18165
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
Monoblet	30	395 km S	787	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Roumoules	04	497 km SE	725	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux	58	92 km E	721	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Luxey	40	403 km SW	654	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 78 %
Séguret	84	412 km SE	769	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Mards-en-Othe	10	151 km NE	635	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux	58	92 km E	721	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Mards-en-Othe	10	151 km NE	635	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Monoblet	30	395 km S	787	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Luxey	40	403 km SW	654	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 78 %
Séguret	84	412 km SE	769	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Roumoules	04	497 km SE	725	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Nançay'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
Nanton	71	215 km E	666	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gigny-sur-Saône	71	222 km E	580	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rancy	71	235 km E	616	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Baudrières	71	226 km E	1,044	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Arignac	09	500 km S	719	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lantignié	69	228 km SE	849	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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