Saint-Germain-des-Bois

Cher · CC le Dunois · INSEE 18212

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-des-Bois (INSEE 18212) is in Cher (18), part of CC le Dunois. Population 587 (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 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 17,209 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.49	10	4.88
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

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 1 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 PRIMAIRE YVONNE TISSIER). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 PRIMAIRE YVONNE TISSIER	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 GERMAIN DES BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	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: 515 peak 2017: 628 2023: 587 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 607 (2012) → 587 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 594 (1990) → 587 (2023): -1.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 6.1 % second homes and 18 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km WBakery — 3.2 km NWFood shop — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 3.4 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 (Levet): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Levet): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Levet): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Levet): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-des-Bois): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55.8

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DUN-SUR-AURON weather station, 8.7 km away at 167 m; the village itself is at 179 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DUN-SUR-AURON, 8.7 km away at 167 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LEVET, 4.3 km away at 174 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 — 18212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18212
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
Montaut	40	428 km SW	594	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 64 %
Liancourt-Saint-Pierre	60	261 km N	573	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Eydoche	38	276 km SE	543	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Teillé	72	220 km NW	543	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Maillé	37	142 km W	557	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Trosly-Loire	02	295 km N	541	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maillé	37	142 km W	557	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Teillé	72	220 km NW	543	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Liancourt-Saint-Pierre	60	261 km N	573	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Eydoche	38	276 km SE	543	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Trosly-Loire	02	295 km N	541	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Montaut	40	428 km SW	594	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 64 %

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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-Germain-des-Bois'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
Bridoré	37	104 km W	491	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Échouboulains	77	177 km N	555	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vaux-sur-Vienne	86	143 km W	538	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Plou	18	25 km NW	527	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just	18	10 km NE	656	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Voillecomte	52	254 km NE	522	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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