Preuilly

Cher · CC Coeur de Berry · INSEE 18186

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

Few services 33.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Preuilly (INSEE 18186) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de Berry. Population 477 (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/18186-preuilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,892 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.8	10	7.96
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

2 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE DE LA PLAGE). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMNTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PREUILLY AP). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE PREUILLY). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LA GUINGUETTE DE LA PLAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMNTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	PREUILLY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE PREUILLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 301 2023: 477 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 449 (2012) → 477 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 368 (1990) → 477 (2023): 29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 256, of which 10.5 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.3 km NFood shop — 5.7 km NEPharmacy — 5.7 km NEGP — 6.7 km NE 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 (Quincy): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mehun-sur-Yèvre): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mehun-sur-Yèvre): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mehun-sur-Yèvre): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Preuilly): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.8

Days at or below 0 °C 57.8

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the QUINCY weather station, 4.2 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 5.4 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 744 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at QUINCY, 4.2 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18190
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18186
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
Mantoche	70	256 km E	458	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Sewen	68	364 km E	480	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lothain	39	265 km E	463	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	258 km NE	443	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pessac-sur-Dordogne	33	301 km SW	448	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Touget	32	391 km S	495	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mantoche	70	256 km E	458	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	258 km NE	443	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lothain	39	265 km E	463	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pessac-sur-Dordogne	33	301 km SW	448	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Sewen	68	364 km E	480	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Touget	32	391 km S	495	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · 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 Preuilly'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
Chânes	71	218 km SE	530	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq	03	145 km SE	523	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cheilly-lès-Maranges	71	190 km E	515	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saussignac	24	293 km SW	407	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Souvans	39	256 km E	520	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Peyrat	09	461 km S	495	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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