Saint-Michel-de-Volangis

Cher · CA Bourges Plus · INSEE 18226

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

Few services 33.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Michel-de-Volangis (INSEE 18226) is in Cher (18), part of CA Bourges Plus. Population 474 (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 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,897 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.92	10	9.19
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 176 2023: 474 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 473 (2012) → 474 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 334 (1990) → 474 (2023): 41.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 2.3 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km NWGP — 4.6 km WPharmacy — 4.6 km WFood shop — 4.7 km W 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 (Pigny): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fussy): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fussy): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fussy): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Michel-de-Volangis): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-D'A. weather station, 8 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 153 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-D'A., 8 km away at 172 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FUSSY, 4.5 km away at 152 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 — 18226/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18226/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18226/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18226/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18226
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
Châtelain	53	243 km W	470	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Unias	42	217 km SE	469	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Encausse	32	400 km S	445	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
Maisoncelles-du-Maine	53	253 km W	506	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Voulon	86	192 km SW	463	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Aubin	40	456 km SW	498	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Voulon	86	192 km SW	463	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Unias	42	217 km SE	469	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Châtelain	53	243 km W	470	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Maisoncelles-du-Maine	53	253 km W	506	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Encausse	32	400 km S	445	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Aubin	40	456 km SW	498	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 73 %

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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-Michel-de-Volangis'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
Échebrune	17	285 km SW	480	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Romegoux	17	290 km SW	640	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Genête	71	205 km E	570	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Avy	17	291 km SW	510	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Plou	18	29 km SW	527	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Palais	18	11 km NW	610	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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