Saint-Éloy-de-Gy

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18206

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

Partly served 44.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Éloy-de-Gy (INSEE 18206) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 1,581 (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 44.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 11,234 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.75	10	7.46
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DES MAISONS ROUGES · LA PAUSE DU COMPTOIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC VEDEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CALURAUD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE- LUDOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	2	AUBERGE DES MAISONS ROUGES · LA PAUSE DU COMPTOIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ERIC VEDEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CALURAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT ELOY DE GY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE- LUDOTHÈQUE	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	LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE	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: 1,028 2023: 1,581 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,541 (2012) → 1,581 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,269 (1990) → 1,581 (2023): 24.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 775, of which 3.7 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 3.0 km NBakery — 4.7 km SEFood shop — 5.0 km SE 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): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Doulchard): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Éloy-de-Gy): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Éloy-de-Gy): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Éloy-de-Gy): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-D'A. weather station, 7.6 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-D'A., 7.6 km away at 172 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FUSSY, 6.8 km away at 152 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18206/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18206/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18206/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18206/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18206
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
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	358 km S	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Teillé	44	275 km W	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	56 km NE	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Pourrain	89	105 km NE	1,270	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Gamarde-les-Bains	40	456 km SW	1,583	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Ercé-en-Lamée	35	303 km W	1,566	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	56 km NE	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Pourrain	89	105 km NE	1,270	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Teillé	44	275 km W	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Ercé-en-Lamée	35	303 km W	1,566	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	358 km S	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Gamarde-les-Bains	40	456 km SW	1,583	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Éloy-de-Gy'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
Availles-Limouzine	86	173 km SW	1,312	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Muron	17	272 km SW	1,378	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cuisery	71	213 km E	1,576	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Charenton-du-Cher	18	53 km SE	984	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Solignac	87	176 km SW	1,552	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Régnié-Durette	69	209 km SE	1,151	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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