Saint-Doulchard

Cher · CA Bourges Plus · INSEE 18205

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

Served 65/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Doulchard (INSEE 18205) is in Cher (18), part of CA Bourges Plus. Population 9,647 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18205-saint-doulchard

Vitality score

Vitality score 65/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 2,556 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	0.66	25	16.48
Social	0.76	20	15.13
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.68	10	6.82
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.55	10	5.54
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MOREIRA MENDES TEXEIRA FERNANDA · SARL AU CHANT DU MOULIN · L'ATELIER DES SAVEURS · DOULANGE · ANGE). ^[3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LEBOEUF · BOURGES DIS · SAS GUERINET). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE DE SAINT DOULCHARD · SASU I D M). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (NETTO · GEANT BOURGES ST DOULCHARD · ALDI MARCHE · ACTION). ^[3,4]

17 × Restaurant (FLUNCH · PAT A PAIN · PATAPAIN · 1-2-3 PIZZA · CLAMA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE LES VERDINS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PARADIS). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES VERDINS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PARADIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE BOURG). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS ARMAND). ^[3]

14 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NADEGE PROCUREUR, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE CORDIEZ, MÉDECIN · BRUNO MARTINS, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE BUCHON, MÉDECIN · MARINE COSTA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES VERDINS · PHARMACIE TRIGONA). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDI@THÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES VERDINS · CENTRE SPORTIF). ^[3]

10 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE LOIRE-CENTRE · SAINT DOULCHARD MALITORNE · CAISSE LOC CREDIT AGRICOLE ST DOULCHARD). ^[3]

19 × Hairdresser (PHILIPPE FRIAUD COIFFURE · SARL PHYROMA · ROPHYMA · BELLI). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (THE ORIGINAL ACCESS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser, 2 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	MOREIRA MENDES TEXEIRA FERNANDA · SARL AU CHANT DU MOULIN · L'ATELIER DES SAVEURS · DOULANGE · ANGE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	4	BOUCHERIE LEBOEUF · BOURGES DIS · SAS GUERINET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SUPERETTE DE SAINT DOULCHARD · SASU I D M	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	NETTO · GEANT BOURGES ST DOULCHARD · ALDI MARCHE · ACTION	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	17	FLUNCH · PAT A PAIN · PATAPAIN · 1-2-3 PIZZA · CLAMA	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOL MATE LES VERDINS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PARADIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES VERDINS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PARADIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE BOURG	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LOUIS ARMAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	14	NADEGE PROCUREUR, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE CORDIEZ, MÉDECIN · BRUNO MARTINS, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE BUCHON, MÉDECIN · MARINE COSTA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 14 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DES VERDINS · PHARMACIE TRIGONA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDI@THÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES VERDINS · CENTRE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	10	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE LOIRE-CENTRE · SAINT DOULCHARD MALITORNE · CAISSE LOC CREDIT AGRICOLE ST DOULCHARD	INSEE BPE 10 [3]
Hairdresser	19	PHILIPPE FRIAUD COIFFURE · SARL PHYROMA · ROPHYMA · BELLI	INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	THE ORIGINAL ACCESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 5,274 2023: 9,647 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,242 (2012) → 9,647 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 9,149 (1990) → 9,647 (2023): 5.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,799, of which 0.8 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.7 km NGP — 0.8 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-Doulchard): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Doulchard): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Doulchard): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Doulchard): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Doulchard): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BOURGES weather station, 4.6 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BOURGES, 4.6 km away at 161 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 748 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BOURGES, 4.6 km away at 161 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18205
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
Grand-Couronne	76	271 km N	9,768	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Portet-sur-Garonne	31	405 km S	9,782	68.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Roche-la-Molière	42	238 km SE	9,843	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lescar	64	473 km SW	9,455	76.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 14 %
Voreppe	38	322 km SE	9,922	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Chaponost	69	239 km SE	9,382	61.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roche-la-Molière	42	238 km SE	9,843	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chaponost	69	239 km SE	9,382	61.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Couronne	76	271 km N	9,768	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Voreppe	38	322 km SE	9,922	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Portet-sur-Garonne	31	405 km S	9,782	68.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Lescar	64	473 km SW	9,455	76.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 14 %

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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-Doulchard'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
Grand-Couronne	76	271 km N	9,768	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Roche-la-Molière	42	238 km SE	9,843	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lempdes	63	161 km SE	8,709	63.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dardilly	69	232 km SE	9,221	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ballan-Miré	37	136 km W	8,477	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montlouis-sur-Loire	37	121 km W	11,335	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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