Saint-Ambroix

Cher · CC du Pays d'Issoudun · INSEE 18198

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

No daily shops 19.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ambroix (INSEE 18198) is in Cher (18), part of CC du Pays d'Issoudun. Population 374 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 18,059 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.69
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT AMBROIX AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	SAINT AMBROIX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 496 2023: 374 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 409 (2012) → 374 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 386 (1990) → 374 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 8.1 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.8 km NEFood shop — 6.0 km NWGP — 6.5 km SEPharmacy — 6.9 km N 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 (Civray): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Issoudun): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mareuil-sur-Arnon): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chârost): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Ambroix): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64.7

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MAREUIL weather station, 6.3 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 8.3 km away at 148 m, over 15 summers. ^[13]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MAREUIL, 6.3 km away at 137 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18066
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18137
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18198
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
Ratenelle	71	225 km E	363	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Mercy	89	138 km NE	363	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chérancé	72	210 km NW	353	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Pierrepont	02	327 km N	341	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Mareuil	16	216 km SW	398	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Celon	36	66 km SW	387	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Celon	36	66 km SW	387	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Val-de-Mercy	89	138 km NE	363	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chérancé	72	210 km NW	353	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Mareuil	16	216 km SW	398	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Ratenelle	71	225 km E	363	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrepont	02	327 km N	341	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Saint-Ambroix'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
Ratenelle	71	225 km E	363	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Mercy	89	138 km NE	363	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Ardiège	31	445 km S	381	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Verjon	01	255 km E	346	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Beaumont-sur-Grosne	71	211 km E	334	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Plancard	31	435 km S	398	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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