Senneçay

Cher · CC le Dunois · INSEE 18248

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Senneçay (INSEE 18248) is in Cher (18), part of CC le Dunois. Population 443 (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 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,907 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.78	10	7.77
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (TOUT 2 BON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	TOUT 2 BON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 328 peak 2017: 472 2023: 443 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 458 (2012) → 443 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 347 (1990) → 443 (2023): 27.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SWBakery — 3.7 km SWGP — 4.0 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 (Levet): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Levet): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Levet): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Levet): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Senneçay): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55.8

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DUN-SUR-AURON weather station, 10.6 km away at 167 m; the village itself is at 170 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DUN-SUR-AURON, 10.6 km away at 167 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LEVET, 2.6 km away at 174 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 — 18248/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18248/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18248/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18248/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18248
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
Verdilly	02	247 km N	443	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin	65	460 km SW	436	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Corcelles-les-Arts	21	179 km E	425	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Bovelles	80	327 km N	425	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Les Chapelles-Bourbon	77	201 km N	459	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Cideville	76	317 km N	430	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corcelles-les-Arts	21	179 km E	425	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Les Chapelles-Bourbon	77	201 km N	459	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Verdilly	02	247 km N	443	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Cideville	76	317 km N	430	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Bovelles	80	327 km N	425	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin	65	460 km SW	436	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · 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 Senneçay'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
Plainoiseau	39	239 km E	502	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Schaffhouse-près-Seltz	67	475 km NE	557	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Caralp	09	446 km S	379	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Eberbach-Seltz	67	473 km NE	436	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Journans	01	239 km E	387	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Iverny	77	229 km N	618	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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