Saint-Caprais

Cher · CC FerCher · INSEE 18201

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Caprais (INSEE 18201) is in Cher (18), part of CC FerCher. Population 747 (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 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 16,065 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS DE ST CAPRAIS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS DE ST CAPRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [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 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: 299 peak 2017: 767 2023: 747 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 742 (2012) → 747 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 449 (1990) → 747 (2023): 66.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km SWBakery — 4.2 km SWPharmacy — 4.3 km NWGP — 4.4 km NW 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 (Lunery): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lunery): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Caprais): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CIVRAY weather station, 8.9 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 145 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 8.9 km away at 148 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-FLORENT/CHER, 4.1 km away at 146 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 — 18201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18201
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
Saint-Pandelon	40	450 km SW	749	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	307 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Saulnières	28	203 km N	751	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Geyssans	26	298 km SE	755	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Pessat-Villeneuve	63	133 km SE	745	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Villy-Bocage	14	322 km NW	728	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pessat-Villeneuve	63	133 km SE	745	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saulnières	28	203 km N	751	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Geyssans	26	298 km SE	755	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	307 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Villy-Bocage	14	322 km NW	728	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	450 km SW	749	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %

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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-Caprais'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
Illhaeusern	68	409 km E	717	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Coise	42	222 km SE	692	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Limendous	64	454 km SW	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain	37	96 km W	745	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Les Écrennes	77	176 km N	628	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Faye	16	195 km SW	617	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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