Sainte-Solange

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18235

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Solange (INSEE 18235) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 1,111 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/18235-sainte-solange

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 13,695 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.84
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TAUREAU WILLY). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[4,3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RELWENDE ARISTIDE OUEDRAOGO, MÉDECIN · OANA MARIA SIMION, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINTE SOLANGE). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINTE SOLANGE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE CHARLOTTE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	TAUREAU WILLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	RELWENDE ARISTIDE OUEDRAOGO, MÉDECIN · OANA MARIA SIMION, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINTE SOLANGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINTE SOLANGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	L'ATELIER DE CHARLOTTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 594 peak 1999: 1,304 2023: 1,111 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,186 (2012) → 1,111 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,257 (1990) → 1,111 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 582, of which 5.2 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.1 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 (Moulins-sur-Yèvre): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Solange): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Solange): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Solange): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Solange): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.2

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PARASSY weather station, 10.8 km away at 257 m; the village itself is at 152 m. ^[10]

The village sits 105 m below 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 PARASSY, 10.8 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 105 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 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES AIX-D'ANG., 8.4 km away at 195 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 — 18235/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18235/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18235/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18235/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18235
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
Nuaillé-d'Aunis	17	284 km W	1,279	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Cléré-les-Pins	37	166 km W	1,429	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Traînel	10	157 km NE	1,094	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vaiges	53	248 km NW	1,178	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Kédange-sur-Canner	57	370 km NE	1,121	31.1	Few services	no figures
Laplume	47	371 km SW	1,330	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Traînel	10	157 km NE	1,094	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Cléré-les-Pins	37	166 km W	1,429	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vaiges	53	248 km NW	1,178	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Nuaillé-d'Aunis	17	284 km W	1,279	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Kédange-sur-Canner	57	370 km NE	1,121	31.1	Few services	no figures
Laplume	47	371 km SW	1,330	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Sainte-Solange'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
Cléré-les-Pins	37	166 km W	1,429	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Traînel	10	157 km NE	1,094	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vaiges	53	248 km NW	1,178	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Schleithal	67	458 km NE	1,382	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Azé	71	186 km SE	1,103	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Orgères-en-Beauce	28	130 km NW	1,007	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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