Saint-Just

Cher · CA Bourges Plus · INSEE 18218

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

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Just (INSEE 18218) is in Cher (18), part of CA Bourges Plus. Population 656 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18218-saint-just

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 16,707 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.14
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JUST AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (SEVERINE COIFF). ^[4,3]

1 × Hotel (LE CHEVAL BLANC). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT JUST AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	SEVERINE COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	LE CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 522 2023: 656 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 609 (2012) → 656 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 589 (1990) → 656 (2023): 11.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 324, of which 4.3 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km WFood shop — 4.4 km WGP — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 10.7 km SW 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 (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Levet): 10.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Just): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the DUN-SUR-AURON weather station, 10.3 km away at 167 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DUN-SUR-AURON, 10.3 km away at 167 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-JUST, 1.4 km away at 143 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 — 18218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18218
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
Le Val-David	27	241 km N	664	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Bonnières	62	362 km N	659	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Magny	28	178 km NW	664	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Montbeugny	03	91 km SE	638	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
La Fermeté	58	63 km E	617	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Réparsac	16	253 km SW	631	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Fermeté	58	63 km E	617	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Montbeugny	03	91 km SE	638	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Magny	28	178 km NW	664	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Le Val-David	27	241 km N	664	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Réparsac	16	253 km SW	631	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnières	62	362 km N	659	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · 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-Just'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
Brûlain	79	233 km W	735	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury-en-Bière	77	162 km N	652	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Archingeay	17	273 km SW	765	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Voillecomte	52	244 km NE	522	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Vandeins	01	214 km SE	732	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-des-Bois	18	10 km SW	587	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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