Sury-en-Vaux

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18258

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

Few services 34.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sury-en-Vaux (INSEE 18258) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 680 (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 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 16,533 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.49	10	4.91
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICES ET TRADITION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHAMBON CHRYSTEL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SURY EN VAUX RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SURY-EN-VAUX / VERDIGNY). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DELICES ET TRADITION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CHAMBON CHRYSTEL	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 PUB LUCIEN DUMAS	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	1	SURY EN VAUX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SURY-EN-VAUX / VERDIGNY	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	1	SALOME COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 714 peak 1999: 721 2023: 680 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 712 (2012) → 680 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 686 (1990) → 680 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 474, of which 16.7 % second homes and 20.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km SWGP — 4.9 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km SE 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 (Sury-en-Vaux): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Menetou-Râtel): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sancerre): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sancerre): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sury-en-Vaux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 45.7

Muggy days a summer 5.2

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SANCERRE weather station, 3.6 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 247 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SANCERRE, 3.6 km away at 240 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SANCERRE, 3.6 km away at 240 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 — 18258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18241
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
Faux-en-Périgord	24	332 km SW	672	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Oizon	18	25 km NW	664	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Connezac	24	307 km SW	664	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Ayrens	15	268 km S	614	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Ivoy-le-Pré	18	24 km W	771	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Champlost	89	98 km NE	767	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ivoy-le-Pré	18	24 km W	771	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Oizon	18	25 km NW	664	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Champlost	89	98 km NE	767	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Ayrens	15	268 km S	614	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Connezac	24	307 km SW	664	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Faux-en-Périgord	24	332 km SW	672	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · 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 Sury-en-Vaux'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
Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu	73	297 km SE	834	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Chiroubles	69	194 km SE	434	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bayel	10	174 km NE	738	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Largeasse	79	261 km W	759	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Philbert-des-Champs	14	277 km NW	639	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Clémont	18	43 km NW	687	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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