Villequiers

Cher · CC la Septaine · INSEE 18286

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

Few services 27.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villequiers (INSEE 18286) is in Cher (18), part of CC la Septaine. Population 437 (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 27.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,936 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.44	10	4.38
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE VILLEQUIERS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	STEP BIKE STEP	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	VILLEQUIERS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE VILLEQUIERS	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: 534 2023: 437 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 502 (2012) → 437 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 466 (1990) → 437 (2023): -6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 10.4 % second homes and 21.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.4 km WGP — 5.7 km WPharmacy — 5.8 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 (Baugy): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villequiers): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baugy): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Baugy): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villequiers): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEVRY weather station, 7.7 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 7.7 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BAUGY, 6.9 km away at 170 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 — 18286/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18286/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18286/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18286/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18286
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
Paudy	36	67 km W	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chenevelles	86	168 km W	435	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Salsigne	11	417 km S	400	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %
Bouligney	70	274 km E	401	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Voussac	03	85 km S	494	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Jenzat	03	105 km S	517	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Paudy	36	67 km W	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Voussac	03	85 km S	494	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Jenzat	03	105 km S	517	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Chenevelles	86	168 km W	435	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Bouligney	70	274 km E	401	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Salsigne	11	417 km S	400	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · 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 Villequiers'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
Paudy	36	67 km W	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Voussac	03	85 km S	494	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Plottes	71	168 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Échouboulains	77	156 km N	555	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé	71	164 km SE	592	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montvicq	03	83 km S	692	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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