Pigny

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18179

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

Partly served 47.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pigny (INSEE 18179) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 966 (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 47.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 14,517 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.33
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (STUDIO 16). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE VILLENEUVE	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	MÉDIATHÈQUE	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	STUDIO 16	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	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: 361 2023: 966 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 838 (2012) → 966 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 674 (1990) → 966 (2023): 43.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 426, of which 1.4 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.1 km SWPharmacy — 3.4 km S 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 (Pigny): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fussy): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fussy): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fussy): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pigny): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-D'A. weather station, 4 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-D'A., 4 km away at 172 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FUSSY, 3.1 km away at 152 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 — 18179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18097
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
Thiennes	59	387 km N	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes	24	303 km SW	1,038	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle	62	420 km N	1,073	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Bou	45	84 km N	1,036	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Zudausques	62	399 km N	1,084	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 66 %
Bey	71	195 km E	870	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bou	45	84 km N	1,036	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Bey	71	195 km E	870	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes	24	303 km SW	1,038	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Thiennes	59	387 km N	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures
Zudausques	62	399 km N	1,084	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle	62	420 km N	1,073	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · 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 Pigny'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
Civray	18	31 km SW	926	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Messey-sur-Grosne	71	184 km E	742	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lager	69	207 km SE	1,056	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Clarac	31	475 km S	672	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Labarthe-Inard	31	469 km S	871	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Alix	69	219 km SE	777	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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