Sury-ès-Bois
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 16.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sury-ès-Bois (INSEE 18259) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 311 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 16.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 31 % of the 17,918 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.89 |
| Housing mix | 0.51 | 5 | 2.57 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LA FOURCHETTE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SURY ES BOIS AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [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 FOURCHETTE GOURMANDE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 ES BOIS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 260 (2012) → 311 (2023): 19.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 350 (1990) → 311 (2023): -11.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 24.3 % second homes and 18.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VAILLY weather station, 4.7 km away at 197 m; the village itself is at 263 m. [9]
The village sits 66 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VAILLY/SAULDRE, 6.7 km away at 226 m, over 15 summers. [9]
An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at VAILLY, 4.7 km away at 197 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18259/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18259/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18259/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18259/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18269
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Petit-Pressigny | 37 | 148 km SW | 305 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bar | 19 | 245 km S | 311 | 20.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Lindois | 16 | 250 km SW | 339 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vire-sur-Lot | 46 | 353 km S | 348 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Christophe | 16 | 215 km SW | 334 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Chapelle-Montbrandeix | 87 | 247 km SW | 263 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Petit-Pressigny | 37 | 148 km SW | 305 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Christophe | 16 | 215 km SW | 334 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bar | 19 | 245 km S | 311 | 20.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Chapelle-Montbrandeix | 87 | 247 km SW | 263 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Lindois | 16 | 250 km SW | 339 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vire-sur-Lot | 46 | 353 km S | 348 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 % |
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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-ès-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barlieu | 18 | 6.1 km NW | 334 | 29 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bresse-sur-Grosne | 71 | 182 km SE | 184 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fabas | 09 | 500 km S | 354 | 21.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cérizols | 09 | 499 km S | 138 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tourtouse | 09 | 501 km S | 169 | 21.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Villars | 71 | 198 km SE | 274 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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