Vallenay

Cher · CC Arnon Boischaut Cher · INSEE 18270

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

Few services 39.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vallenay (INSEE 18270) is in Cher (18), part of CC Arnon Boischaut Cher. Population 687 (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/18270-vallenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 16,456 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	0.42	25	10.54
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	0.3	10	3.02
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ARD DE LA BOUCHE RIT). ^[4,3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MINI MARCHE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ VAL ET DA). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BIGNY VALLENAY AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 29 AVENUE HUBERT GAULIER - 18190 VALLENAY). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DU TEMPS). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'ARD DE LA BOUCHE RIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE MINI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ VAL ET DA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BIGNY VALLENAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 29 AVENUE HUBERT GAULIER - 18190 VALLENAY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	L'HAIR DU TEMPS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,009 peak 1975: 1,021 2023: 687 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 704 (2012) → 687 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 857 (1990) → 687 (2023): -19.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 438, of which 9.8 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.8 km SEGP — 5.9 km SEPharmacy — 7.5 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 (Bruère-Allichamps): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vallenay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bruère-Allichamps): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vallenay): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.9

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

Muggy days a summer 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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ORVAL RAD weather station, 10.6 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 148 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 10.6 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 7.4 km away at 166 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 — 18270/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18270/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18270/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18270/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18058
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
Tour-en-Bessin	14	363 km NW	692	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Simorre	32	394 km S	688	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Agnan	71	120 km E	697	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Champfromier	01	272 km E	725	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Laons	28	230 km N	648	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Trouville-la-Haule	27	320 km NW	758	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Agnan	71	120 km E	697	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Laons	28	230 km N	648	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Champfromier	01	272 km E	725	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Trouville-la-Haule	27	320 km NW	758	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Tour-en-Bessin	14	363 km NW	692	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Simorre	32	394 km S	688	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Vallenay'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
Vouzailles	86	174 km W	566	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay	42	227 km SE	778	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montvicq	03	64 km SE	692	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bayet	03	92 km SE	672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cerdon	01	250 km E	747	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pagny-le-Château	21	216 km E	477	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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