Préveranges

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18187

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Préveranges (INSEE 18187) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 520 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,720 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.17	10	1.74
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU MAS CARON). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

2 × Bank (PREVERANGES · CAISSE LOCALE DU CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU MAS CARON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	PREVERANGES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	2	PREVERANGES · CAISSE LOCALE DU CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 2 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	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: 1,081 2023: 520 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 578 (2012) → 520 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 772 (1990) → 520 (2023): -32.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 542, of which 27.3 % second homes and 17.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 7.8 km SEGP — 9.8 km SPharmacy — 14.5 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 (Saint-Sauvier): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Préveranges): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boussac): 9.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Culan): 14.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Préveranges): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 45.9

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PREVERANGES weather station, 1.6 km away at 462 m; the village itself is at 424 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PREVERANGES, 1.6 km away at 462 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 902 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PREVERANGES, 1.6 km away at 462 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 — 18187/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18187/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18187/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18187/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18187
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18083
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
Valprivas	43	187 km SE	553	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 5 % · humidity 79 %
Gannay-sur-Loire	03	109 km E	384	32.8	Few services	no figures
Villedieu-le-Château	41	188 km NW	381	24.7	Few services	no figures
Lanrivain	22	463 km NW	464	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Fromental	87	73 km SW	524	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-Magnazeix	87	79 km W	484	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fromental	87	73 km SW	524	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-Magnazeix	87	79 km W	484	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gannay-sur-Loire	03	109 km E	384	32.8	Few services	no figures
Valprivas	43	187 km SE	553	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 5 % · humidity 79 %
Villedieu-le-Château	41	188 km NW	381	24.7	Few services	no figures
Lanrivain	22	463 km NW	464	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Préveranges'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
Saint-Léger-Magnazeix	87	79 km W	484	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rancon	87	89 km W	475	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Viplaix	03	10 km E	293	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Dussac	24	147 km SW	427	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montchevrier	36	39 km W	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pas	53	314 km NW	517	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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