Venesmes

Cher · CC Arnon Boischaut Cher · INSEE 18273

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Venesmes (INSEE 18273) is in Cher (18), part of CC Arnon Boischaut Cher. Population 782 (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 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 15,781 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	5.95
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (L'AROME). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	L'AROME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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

1968: 618 peak 2007: 867 2023: 782 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 862 (2012) → 782 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 714 (1990) → 782 (2023): 9.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 502, of which 10.8 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.0 km NGP — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.0 km NBakery — 2.1 km N 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 (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-sur-Cher): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Venesmes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64.7

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAREUIL weather station, 12.8 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 163 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 16.8 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 2.9 km away at 166 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18273/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18273/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18273/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18273/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18058
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18273
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
Angé	41	98 km NW	795	35.1	Few services	no figures
Valflaunès	34	359 km S	795	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martial-de-Valette	24	195 km SW	803	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Meyrannes	30	320 km SE	792	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Margon	34	381 km S	778	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	197 km SE	784	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Angé	41	98 km NW	795	35.1	Few services	no figures
Saint-Martial-de-Valette	24	195 km SW	803	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	197 km SE	784	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Meyrannes	30	320 km SE	792	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Valflaunès	34	359 km S	795	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Margon	34	381 km S	778	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · 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 Venesmes'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-Martial-de-Valette	24	195 km SW	803	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chevrières	38	294 km SE	742	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bouëx	16	205 km SW	825	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-Bramefant	63	125 km SE	871	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lobsann	67	475 km NE	663	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sougy-sur-Loire	58	82 km E	594	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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