Sancoins

Cher · CC les Trois Provinces · INSEE 18242

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

Served 62.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sancoins (INSEE 18242) is in Cher (18), part of CC les Trois Provinces. Population 2,951 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18242-sancoins

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 7,212 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	0.52	25	12.95
Social	0.88	20	17.59
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.7	10	7.04
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.31	10	3.12
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 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 1 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) (AU PALET D'OR · LA REINE DES BLES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · U EXPRESS · VIRBERT). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LE COMMERCE · SARL CAFE DE LA PAIX · CHRIS PIZZA · LA PETITE AUBERGE · CHEZ ZHOU). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CHEZ VALERIE · LE BRAZZA). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE G. DUFAUD). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE H LAPAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARGUERITE AUDOUX). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAPUCINE BADIER, MÉDECIN · EDOUARD LALUQUE, MÉDECIN · MARYSE MOMBELLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE PASCALE CHAPELLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DES TROIS PROVINCES). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE G CARPENTIER · COLLEGE MARGUERITE AUDOUX). ^[3]

3 × Bank (SANCOINS · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (FRANCE THOMAS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL SAINT JOSEPH · HOTEL DU PARC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AU PALET D'OR · LA REINE DES BLES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	INTERMARCHE · U EXPRESS · VIRBERT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	LE COMMERCE · SARL CAFE DE LA PAIX · CHRIS PIZZA · LA PETITE AUBERGE · CHEZ ZHOU	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CHEZ VALERIE · LE BRAZZA	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE G. DUFAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE H LAPAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MARGUERITE AUDOUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CAPUCINE BADIER, MÉDECIN · EDOUARD LALUQUE, MÉDECIN · MARYSE MOMBELLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE PASCALE CHAPELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE DES TROIS PROVINCES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE G CARPENTIER · COLLEGE MARGUERITE AUDOUX	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	SANCOINS · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE VAL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	1	FRANCE THOMAS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL SAINT JOSEPH · HOTEL DU PARC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 3,502 peak 1982: 3,667 2023: 2,951 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,266 (2012) → 2,951 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,634 (1990) → 2,951 (2023): -18.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,963, of which 5.9 % second homes and 17.1 % 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 (Sancoins): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sancoins): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sancoins): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sancoins): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.1

Days at or below 0 °C 64.9

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SANCOINS weather station, 0.5 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 205 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at OUROUER, 13.7 km away at 221 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SANCOINS, 0.5 km away at 203 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 — 18242/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18242/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18242/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18242/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18242
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
Contrexéville	88	269 km NE	2,923	60.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-en-Royans	26	273 km SE	2,874	64.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Levroux	36	101 km W	2,797	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Rion-des-Landes	40	440 km SW	3,142	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Montfrin	30	354 km S	3,122	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 42 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Thibéry	34	384 km S	3,132	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Levroux	36	101 km W	2,797	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Contrexéville	88	269 km NE	2,923	60.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-en-Royans	26	273 km SE	2,874	64.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Montfrin	30	354 km S	3,122	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 42 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Thibéry	34	384 km S	3,132	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Rion-des-Landes	40	440 km SW	3,142	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Sancoins'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
Nogent-sur-Vernisson	45	114 km N	2,559	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Machine	58	42 km E	3,192	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boën-sur-Lignon	42	147 km SE	3,001	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cheylard	07	244 km SE	2,803	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Nontron	24	226 km SW	3,057	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux	38	246 km SE	3,186	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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