Soulangis

Identity

Soulangis (INSEE 18253) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 454 (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/18253-soulangis

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,939 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 (BISTROT DU LANGIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 466 (2012) → 454 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 422 (1990) → 454 (2023): 7.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 230, of which 6.1 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Aix-d'Angillon): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Aix-d'Angillon): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Menetou-Salon): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Menetou-Salon): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Soulangis): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PARASSY weather station, 4.8 km away at 257 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[11]

The village sits 81 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PARASSY, 4.8 km away at 257 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 81 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES AIX-D'ANG., 3.6 km away at 195 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

20 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 152,600 € — 866 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18253/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18253/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18253/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18253/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18003
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18145
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 18253
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025