Vesdun

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18278

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vesdun (INSEE 18278) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 540 (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 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,580 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.29	10	2.91
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PIZZA'IOLIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE SALIGNON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES BERGEROLLES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PIZZA'IOLIX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE SALIGNON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	1	VESDUN 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	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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES BERGEROLLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 800 2023: 540 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 600 (2012) → 540 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 683 (1990) → 540 (2023): -20.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 443, of which 16.5 % second homes and 18.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km EGP — 6.4 km WPharmacy — 6.4 km WFood shop — 6.5 km W 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 (Vesdun): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Culan): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Culan): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Culan): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vesdun): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 63.3

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHATEAUMEILLANT weather station, 16.5 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 326 m. ^[10]

The village sits 83 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PREVERANGES, 19.5 km away at 462 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 136 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CULAN, 6.1 km away at 272 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 — 18278/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18278/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18278/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18278/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18278
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18083
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
Montpezat	47	286 km SW	566	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	183 km SE	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 11 %
Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux	01	208 km E	580	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Ségur	12	252 km S	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Millay	58	125 km E	440	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	390 km S	592	52	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Millay	58	125 km E	440	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	183 km SE	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 11 %
Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux	01	208 km E	580	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Ségur	12	252 km S	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Montpezat	47	286 km SW	566	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	390 km S	592	52	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Vesdun'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
Chassignolles	36	38 km W	529	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Troche	19	149 km SW	534	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil	87	114 km SW	418	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fay	71	222 km E	616	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Champnétery	87	103 km SW	512	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Millac	86	139 km W	462	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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