Rians

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18194

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

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rians (INSEE 18194) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 950 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18194-rians

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 14,653 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.65
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SO DELICIEUX). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (RIANS AGENCE AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SO DELICIEUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MAX MILLET	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	1	RIANS AGENCE AP	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 667 peak 2007: 1,047 2023: 950 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,019 (2012) → 950 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 984 (1990) → 950 (2023): -3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 471, of which 2.3 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km EFood shop — 2.9 km NWPharmacy — 7.2 km SWGP — 7.3 km SW 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 (Rians): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Aix-d'Angillon): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Solange): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Solange): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rians): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 58.7

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ETRECHY weather station, 7.7 km away at 194 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PARASSY, 8.4 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 81 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES AIX-D'ANG., 5.4 km away at 195 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 — 18194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18235
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
Bizonnes	38	286 km SE	1,028	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Dommary-Baroncourt	55	327 km NE	753	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bonneuil-les-Eaux	60	279 km N	787	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-Sterlanges	85	285 km W	747	35.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Chastel-Nouvel	48	300 km S	938	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Souligné-sous-Ballon	72	207 km NW	1,244	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Souligné-sous-Ballon	72	207 km NW	1,244	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Bonneuil-les-Eaux	60	279 km N	787	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-Sterlanges	85	285 km W	747	35.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bizonnes	38	286 km SE	1,028	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Chastel-Nouvel	48	300 km S	938	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Dommary-Baroncourt	55	327 km NE	753	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Rians'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-Vincent-de-Boisset	42	174 km SE	968	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	169 km E	1,288	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bretigny	21	189 km E	922	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Rittershoffen	67	440 km NE	928	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pouange	10	158 km NE	1,010	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Preuschdorf	67	432 km NE	886	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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