Vasselay

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18271

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vasselay (INSEE 18271) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 1,579 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 11,239 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	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PETITE PAILLOTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE BERNARD LOUIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-SOLANGE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VASSELAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	LA PETITE PAILLOTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	GROUPE SCOLAIRE BERNARD LOUIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-SOLANGE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	VASSELAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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		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: 645 2023: 1,579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,213 (2012) → 1,579 (2023): 30.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,020 (1990) → 1,579 (2023): 54.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 711, of which 2 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.3 km SEGP — 3.4 km SEPharmacy — 3.4 km WBakery — 4.1 km S 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 (Saint-Doulchard): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fussy): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fussy): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Éloy-de-Gy): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vasselay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-D'A. weather station, 5.2 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 179 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-D'A., 5.2 km away at 172 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FUSSY, 3.5 km away at 152 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18271/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18271/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18271/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18271/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18206
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18271
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
Charpey	26	323 km SE	1,547	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Rebréchien	45	96 km N	1,441	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	174 km N	1,410	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Forges	17	277 km SW	1,308	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-Lévescault	86	161 km SW	1,240	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Fillé	72	189 km NW	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rebréchien	45	96 km N	1,441	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Savigny-Lévescault	86	161 km SW	1,240	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	174 km N	1,410	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Fillé	72	189 km NW	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Forges	17	277 km SW	1,308	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Charpey	26	323 km SE	1,547	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Vasselay'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
Forges	17	277 km SW	1,308	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Azereix	65	478 km SW	992	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Charentay	69	212 km SE	1,273	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Oursbelille	65	468 km SW	1,222	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vougy	42	177 km SE	1,546	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Odenas	69	209 km SE	938	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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