Reigny

Identity

Reigny (INSEE 18192) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 234 (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/18192-reigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 16,894 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE GARDE-HUCHE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 257 (2012) → 234 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 276 (1990) → 234 (2023): -15.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 18.5 % second homes and 23.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Reigny): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Culan): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Culan): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Culan): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Reigny): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE CHATELET weather station, 9.6 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 261 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAISONNAIS, 14.5 km away at 219 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CULAN, 2.8 km away at 272 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

37 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 55,000 € — 390 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits below 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18192/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18192/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18192/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18192/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18192
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18083
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025