Saint-Saturnin

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18234

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Saturnin (INSEE 18234) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 446 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,916 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.69
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D'AUGEROLLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SATURNIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	LE FOURNIL D'AUGEROLLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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 SATURNIN RP	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 830 2023: 446 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 417 (2012) → 446 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 513 (1990) → 446 (2023): -13.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 472, of which 32.6 % second homes and 16.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km NEFood shop — 6.0 km NWGP — 6.6 km NWPharmacy — 6.8 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 (Saint-Saturnin): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteaumeillant): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châteaumeillant): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Châteaumeillant): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Saturnin): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.8

Days at or below 0 °C 66.4

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHATEAUMEILLANT weather station, 6.5 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 365 m. ^[10]

The village sits 122 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PREVERANGES, 9.1 km away at 462 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 97 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUMEILLANT, 6.5 km away at 243 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 — 18234/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18234/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18234/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18234/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18234
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18057
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
Champagnat	23	55 km S	461	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Busserolles	24	154 km SW	516	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Frayssinet-le-Gélat	46	230 km S	376	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Tiranges	43	191 km SE	453	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 %
Varaignes	24	166 km SW	358	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Touffailles	82	265 km S	330	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagnat	23	55 km S	461	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Busserolles	24	154 km SW	516	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Varaignes	24	166 km SW	358	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Tiranges	43	191 km SE	453	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 %
Frayssinet-le-Gélat	46	230 km S	376	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Touffailles	82	265 km S	330	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Saturnin'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
Champagnat	23	55 km S	461	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Thury	89	144 km NE	418	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ferrières-sur-Sichon	03	121 km SE	496	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	161 km E	406	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux	07	261 km SE	406	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amand-Magnazeix	87	77 km SW	485	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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