Le Noyer

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18168

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 24.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Noyer (INSEE 18168) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 246 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/18168-le-noyer

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,149 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	25	0
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	0.43	10	4.28
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE P'TIT BAZAR). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE P'TIT BAZAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 398 2023: 246 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 235 (2012) → 246 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 265 (1990) → 246 (2023): -7.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 30.3 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.3 km NBakery — 1.4 km NFood shop — 6.7 km SEPharmacy — 8.7 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 (Jars): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Menetou-Râtel): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jars): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 8.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Noyer): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 75.6

Muggy days a summer 5.7

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VAILLY weather station, 8.6 km away at 197 m; the village itself is at 255 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VAILLY/SAULDRE, 9.2 km away at 226 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 968 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at JARS, 4.8 km away at 282 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18168
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
Verneugheol	63	180 km S	225	22	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette	64	553 km SW	206	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur	63	165 km S	295	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Just-en-Bas	42	206 km SE	281	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %
Valernes	04	430 km SE	245	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Chausseterre	42	186 km SE	212	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur	63	165 km S	295	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Verneugheol	63	180 km S	225	22	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Chausseterre	42	186 km SE	212	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Just-en-Bas	42	206 km SE	281	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %
Valernes	04	430 km SE	245	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette	64	553 km SW	206	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Le Noyer'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
Fabas	09	491 km S	354	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bresse-sur-Grosne	71	179 km SE	184	10.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Corquoy	18	61 km SW	198	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montcony	71	212 km E	252	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Bompas	09	509 km S	206	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-Bragny	71	179 km SE	241	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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