Sancergues

Cher · CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise · INSEE 18240

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

Partly served 57.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sancergues (INSEE 18240) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise. Population 620 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18240-sancergues

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,902 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	0.53	25	13.19
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.27	10	2.68
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (AU BON LABOUREUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ROGER MARTIN DU GARD). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LOIC BONNET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE POLDERMAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DENEUVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall. ^[3]

2 × Bank (SANCERGUES · CLCA SANCERGUES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L.C. COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3		INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	AU BON LABOUREUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	COLLEGE ROGER MARTIN DU GARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LOIC BONNET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE POLDERMAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DENEUVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1		INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	SANCERGUES · CLCA SANCERGUES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L.C. COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 863 peak 1975: 942 2023: 620 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 697 (2012) → 620 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 807 (1990) → 620 (2023): -23.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 451, of which 13.5 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Sancergues): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sancergues): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sancergues): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sancergues): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sancergues): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SEVRY weather station, 8.7 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 8.7 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SANCERGUES, 0.5 km away at 178 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18240/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18240/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18240/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18240/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18240
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
Gensac	33	341 km SW	687	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %
Vauvillers	70	254 km E	602	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	400 km W	647	69.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	165 km SE	635	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Moulins-la-Marche	61	246 km NW	710	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Costaros	43	262 km S	553	70.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	165 km SE	635	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Moulins-la-Marche	61	246 km NW	710	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Vauvillers	70	254 km E	602	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Costaros	43	262 km S	553	70.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Gensac	33	341 km SW	687	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	400 km W	647	69.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · 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 Sancergues'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
Fours	58	72 km SE	582	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Marne	51	225 km N	625	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-Valmeroux	15	230 km S	716	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Galan	65	480 km SW	698	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Damvillers	55	305 km NE	613	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Moncontour	86	225 km W	976	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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