Soye-en-Septaine

Cher · CC la Septaine · INSEE 18254

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soye-en-Septaine (INSEE 18254) is in Cher (18), part of CC la Septaine. Population 582 (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/18254-soye-en-septaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,267 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	0.73	10	7.25
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

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 (LA CREPE ARGENTEE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE SOYE-EN-SEPTAINE). ^[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	LA CREPE ARGENTEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	POINT-LECTURE DE SOYE-EN-SEPTAINE	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: 442 peak 2017: 583 2023: 582 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 575 (2012) → 582 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 475 (1990) → 582 (2023): 22.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km SWGP — 4.3 km SWBakery — 4.4 km SWPharmacy — 7.1 km NW 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 (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plaimpied-Givaudins): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bourges): 7.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Soye-en-Septaine): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOURGES weather station, 10.4 km away at 161 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURGES, 10.4 km away at 161 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-JUST, 4.5 km away at 143 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18254/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18254/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18254/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18254/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18033
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18254
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
Mesnil-Sellières	10	195 km NE	568	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Eulalie	11	421 km S	595	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %
Labastide-Monréjeau	64	468 km SW	591	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Simencourt	62	359 km N	569	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-le-Coq	63	134 km SE	578	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Morschwiller	67	432 km NE	611	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-le-Coq	63	134 km SE	578	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnil-Sellières	10	195 km NE	568	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Simencourt	62	359 km N	569	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Eulalie	11	421 km S	595	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %
Morschwiller	67	432 km NE	611	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Monréjeau	64	468 km SW	591	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Soye-en-Septaine'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
Iverny	77	220 km N	618	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Schaffhouse-près-Seltz	67	467 km NE	557	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Nohant-en-Goût	18	10 km NE	548	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Neewiller-près-Lauterbourg	67	471 km NE	645	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bretignolles	79	236 km W	592	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Petite-Boissière	79	246 km W	616	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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