Sainte-Thorette

Cher · CC Coeur de Berry · INSEE 18237

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

Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Thorette (INSEE 18237) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de Berry. Population 473 (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 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,876 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	6.1
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.25

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE TRAIT D'UNION). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ZONE SPORTIVE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE BOUDOIR DE MANON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE TRAIT D'UNION	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ZONE SPORTIVE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE BOUDOIR DE MANON	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 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: 284 peak 2007: 480 2023: 473 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 470 (2012) → 473 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 426 (1990) → 473 (2023): 11 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 17.5 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.4 km NWFood shop — 6.7 km NGP — 6.7 km EPharmacy — 6.7 km N 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 (Quincy): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mehun-sur-Yèvre): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marmagne): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mehun-sur-Yèvre): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Thorette): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.8

Days at or below 0 °C 57.8

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the QUINCY weather station, 6.3 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 7.6 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 744 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at QUINCY, 6.3 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18190
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18237
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
La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer	76	324 km NW	454	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bransat	03	115 km SE	530	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Busloup	41	121 km NW	494	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Feigneux	60	248 km N	465	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Eustache	74	335 km SE	496	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Méard-de-Drône	24	246 km SW	485	12.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bransat	03	115 km SE	530	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Busloup	41	121 km NW	494	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Méard-de-Drône	24	246 km SW	485	12.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Feigneux	60	248 km N	465	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 88 %
La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer	76	324 km NW	454	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Eustache	74	335 km SE	496	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · 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 Sainte-Thorette'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
Bransat	03	115 km SE	530	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bussières-et-Pruns	63	143 km SE	512	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Louchy-Montfand	03	117 km SE	397	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnevent-Velloreille	70	284 km E	425	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-de-Montbron	16	212 km SW	500	11.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux	18	49 km SE	430	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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