Plaimpied-Givaudins

Cher · CA Bourges Plus · INSEE 18180

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

Partly served 54/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plaimpied-Givaudins (INSEE 18180) is in Cher (18), part of CA Bourges Plus. Population 2,101 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18180-plaimpied-givaudins

Vitality score

Vitality score 54/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 9,276 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES MAINS DE FE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA PASSION D'ANTAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (8 A HUIT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BISTROT DE L'ABBAYE · AU CHAMP DES REVES · RV RESTAURATION). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CLE DES CHAMPS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CLE DES CHAMPS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE CHENE VERT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERTRAND FOUCHE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (C'EST ELLE COIFFURES · ESPACE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES MAINS DE FE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA PASSION D'ANTAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	8 A HUIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	BISTROT DE L'ABBAYE · AU CHAMP DES REVES · RV RESTAURATION	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CLE DES CHAMPS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CLE DES CHAMPS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE CHENE VERT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	BERTRAND FOUCHE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	C'EST ELLE COIFFURES · ESPACE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / 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: 693 2023: 2,101 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,822 (2012) → 2,101 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,388 (1990) → 2,101 (2023): 51.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 920, of which 1.3 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.7 km W 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 (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Trouy): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BOURGES weather station, 9.9 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 154 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BOURGES, 9.9 km away at 161 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-JUST, 3.1 km away at 143 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

105 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 174,600 € — 1,232 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18267
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Walincourt-Selvigny	59	348 km N	2,081	48	Partly served	no figures
Avoine	37	174 km W	2,067	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lanta	31	387 km S	2,283	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze	31	418 km S	2,277	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Caraman	31	390 km S	2,513	62.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Arc-sur-Tille	21	210 km E	2,584	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avoine	37	174 km W	2,067	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Arc-sur-Tille	21	210 km E	2,584	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Walincourt-Selvigny	59	348 km N	2,081	48	Partly served	no figures
Lanta	31	387 km S	2,283	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Caraman	31	390 km S	2,513	62.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze	31	418 km S	2,277	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Plaimpied-Givaudins'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
Avoine	37	174 km W	2,067	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Bosmie-l'Aiguille	87	167 km SW	2,667	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Maignelay-Montigny	60	284 km N	2,473	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Dettwiller	67	422 km NE	2,558	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Reuilly	36	33 km W	1,984	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Beauvoir-sur-Niort	79	242 km W	1,765	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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