Saint-Laurent

Cher · CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry · INSEE 18219

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

Few services 29.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Laurent (INSEE 18219) is in Cher (18), part of CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. Population 511 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/18219-saint-laurent

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,713 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.94	10	9.44
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE NOELIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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 BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE SALON DE NOELIE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 231 2023: 511 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 455 (2012) → 511 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 354 (1990) → 511 (2023): 44.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 240, of which 10 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km SGP — 3.1 km SWBakery — 3.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Vignoux-sur-Barangeon): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Laurent): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vignoux-sur-Barangeon): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Foëcy): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Laurent): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 44.2

Muggy days a summer 6.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VIERZON weather station, 9.9 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VIERZON, 9.9 km away at 155 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 758 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MEHUN-SUR-YEVRE, 8.9 km away at 122 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 — 18219/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18219/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18219/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18219/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18096
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
Roquelaure	32	410 km S	563	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hauteville-la-Guichard	50	335 km NW	440	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Pérignac	16	255 km SW	495	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Beyrie-sur-Joyeuse	64	505 km SW	561	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Palais	33	302 km SW	527	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Renung	40	435 km SW	483	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pérignac	16	255 km SW	495	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Palais	33	302 km SW	527	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Hauteville-la-Guichard	50	335 km NW	440	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Roquelaure	32	410 km S	563	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Renung	40	435 km SW	483	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Beyrie-sur-Joyeuse	64	505 km SW	561	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 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-Laurent'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
Béthines	86	120 km SW	467	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Allonne	79	209 km W	608	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Fénery	79	204 km W	293	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Neuvy-Bouin	79	211 km W	487	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Anzême	23	110 km S	551	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Orches	86	148 km W	353	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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