Saulzais-le-Potier

Identity

Saulzais-le-Potier (INSEE 18245) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 472 (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/18245-saulzais-le-potier

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,917 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAULZAIS LE POTIER AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 514 (2012) → 472 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 473 (1990) → 472 (2023): -0.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 13.1 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vesdun): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arcomps): 7.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meaulne-Vitray): 9.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Meaulne-Vitray): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saulzais-le-Potier): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ORVAL weather station, 13.8 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[12]

The village sits 60 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 14.9 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at EPINEUIL, 4.3 km away at 228 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18245/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18245/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18245/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18245/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18278
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18009
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03168
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18245
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024