Vailly-sur-Sauldre

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18269

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vailly-sur-Sauldre (INSEE 18269) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 649 (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 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 16,756 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.25	10	2.5
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU CHAUBOULLON · SARL LECLERC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCIMARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA SAULDRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NICOLETA CHIRITESCU-CRISAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (S E L A R L PHARMACIE CHOPINEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAUTAIRE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (VAILLY SUR SAULDRE · CLCA VAILLY SUR SAULDRE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU CHAUBOULLON · SARL LECLERC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SAULDRE	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	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	NICOLETA CHIRITESCU-CRISAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	S E L A R L PHARMACIE CHOPINEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAUTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	VAILLY SUR SAULDRE · CLCA VAILLY SUR SAULDRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 759 peak 1990: 865 2023: 649 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 786 (2012) → 649 (2023): -17.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 865 (1990) → 649 (2023): -25 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 549, of which 10.9 % second homes and 20 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vailly-sur-Sauldre): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 74.7

Muggy days a summer 5.7

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VAILLY weather station, 0.8 km away at 197 m; the village itself is at 204 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VAILLY/SAULDRE, 2.7 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, 0.8 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 — 18269/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18269/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18269/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18269/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
Fénétrange	57	359 km NE	639	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Adriers	86	194 km SW	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	218 km SW	729	57.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Damvillers	55	292 km NE	613	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Amance	70	258 km E	669	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Condé-en-Brie	02	185 km N	654	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Condé-en-Brie	02	185 km N	654	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Adriers	86	194 km SW	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	218 km SW	729	57.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Amance	70	258 km E	669	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Damvillers	55	292 km NE	613	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Fénétrange	57	359 km NE	639	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · 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 Vailly-sur-Sauldre'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
Rancy	71	208 km SE	616	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Beaurepaire-en-Bresse	71	225 km E	716	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Bastide-de-Sérou	09	504 km S	965	71.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chezal-Benoît	18	81 km SW	765	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Nanton	71	189 km SE	666	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montpont-en-Bresse	71	215 km SE	1,077	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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