Saint-Florent-sur-Cher

Cher · CC FerCher · INSEE 18207

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

Served 60.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Florent-sur-Cher (INSEE 18207) is in Cher (18), part of CC FerCher. Population 6,463 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/18207-saint-florent-sur-cher

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 3,703 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	0.54	25	13.62
Social	0.84	20	16.83
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.58	10	5.8
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.38	10	3.78
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PALAIS D'OR · LE FOURNIL DU BREUIL). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR MICHAUX). ^[3,4]

5 × Supermarket (LIDL · VIGONDIS · LAUKADIS · CARREFOUR MARKET · MARKET EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

14 × Restaurant (123 PIZZA · LE BEL AIR · L'ATLAS). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (CAFE DE FRANCE · LE CALIFORNIA). ^[4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RIVE DROITE · ECOLE MATERNELLE RIVE GAUCHE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE BEAUSEJOUR). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE VOLTAIRE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLES DUFOUR, MÉDECIN · LUC COLOMBIER, MÉDECIN · AURORE LANAUD, MÉDECIN · MICHEL FEIGNOUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ANTIGNAC · SELARL PHARMACIE PASDELOUP · PHARMACIE DU BREUIL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE ROBERT DESNOS). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (RIO). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE SERGE FAURE · GYMNASE MICHEL DUPONT). ^[3]

4 × Bank (SAINT FLORENT SUR CHER · CAISSE LOC CREDIT AGRICOLE ST FLORENT SUR CHER · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (AIR DU TEMPS COIFFURE · COGNET SV · GRAIN DE BEAUTE COIFFURE ET INSTITU). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE PALAIS D'OR · LE FOURNIL DU BREUIL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR MICHAUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	5	LIDL · VIGONDIS · LAUKADIS · CARREFOUR MARKET · MARKET EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	14	123 PIZZA · LE BEL AIR · L'ATLAS	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	CAFE DE FRANCE · LE CALIFORNIA	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	3	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RIVE DROITE · ECOLE MATERNELLE RIVE GAUCHE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE BEAUSEJOUR	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS DEZELOT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE VOLTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CHARLES DUFOUR, MÉDECIN · LUC COLOMBIER, MÉDECIN · AURORE LANAUD, MÉDECIN · MICHEL FEIGNOUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE ANTIGNAC · SELARL PHARMACIE PASDELOUP · PHARMACIE DU BREUIL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	MÉDIATHEQUE ROBERT DESNOS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	RIO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE SERGE FAURE · GYMNASE MICHEL DUPONT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	SAINT FLORENT SUR CHER · CAISSE LOC CREDIT AGRICOLE ST FLORENT SUR CHER · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	8	AIR DU TEMPS COIFFURE · COGNET SV · GRAIN DE BEAUTE COIFFURE ET INSTITU	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 6,408 peak 1982: 7,611 2023: 6,463 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,617 (2012) → 6,463 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 7,358 (1990) → 6,463 (2023): -12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,616, of which 3 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Florent-sur-Cher): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Florent-sur-Cher): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the CIVRAY weather station, 4.7 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 4.7 km away at 148 m, over 15 summers. ^[9]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-FLORENT/CHER, 0.6 km away at 146 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 — 18207/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18207/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18207/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18207/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18207
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
Jœuf	54	374 km NE	6,392	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Surgères	17	249 km W	6,897	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Douvaine	74	319 km E	6,796	64.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Roye	80	303 km N	5,833	65.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Pont-Saint-Martin	44	290 km W	7,093	60.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Fismes	51	278 km N	5,850	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Surgères	17	249 km W	6,897	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Fismes	51	278 km N	5,850	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Pont-Saint-Martin	44	290 km W	7,093	60.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Roye	80	303 km N	5,833	65.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Douvaine	74	319 km E	6,796	64.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Jœuf	54	374 km NE	6,392	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · 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-Florent-sur-Cher'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-Girons	09	454 km S	6,008	72	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wissembourg	67	481 km NE	7,566	70.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Junien	87	160 km SW	11,415	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Viriat	01	242 km E	7,102	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mundolsheim	67	448 km NE	5,322	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Crécy-la-Chapelle	77	213 km N	4,973	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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