Vouzeron

Cher · CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry · INSEE 18290

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

Few services 39.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vouzeron (INSEE 18290) is in Cher (18), part of CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. Population 578 (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/18290-vouzeron

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,272 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.81	10	8.11
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE MULTISERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MA P'TITE BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE MULTISERVICE	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	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	VOUZERON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MA P'TITE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 414 2023: 578 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 549 (2012) → 578 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 441 (1990) → 578 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 8 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 6.1 km NBakery — 6.5 km NPharmacy — 6.5 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 (Neuvy-sur-Barangeon): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vouzeron): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neuvy-sur-Barangeon): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neuvy-sur-Barangeon): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 71.9

Muggy days a summer 6.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEUVY-SUR-BAR. weather station, 7.1 km away at 154 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VIERZON, 11.6 km away at 155 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NEUVY-SUR-BAR., 7.1 km away at 154 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 — 18290/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18290/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18290/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18290/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18290
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
Eynesse	33	314 km SW	581	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %
Laons	28	179 km NW	648	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Passavant-la-Rochère	70	296 km E	524	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Tour-en-Bessin	14	317 km NW	692	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 23 % · humidity 71 %
Escragnolles	06	529 km SE	622	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Pagny-le-Château	21	226 km E	477	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laons	28	179 km NW	648	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Pagny-le-Château	21	226 km E	477	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Passavant-la-Rochère	70	296 km E	524	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Eynesse	33	314 km SW	581	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %
Tour-en-Bessin	14	317 km NW	692	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 23 % · humidity 71 %
Escragnolles	06	529 km SE	622	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Vouzeron'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
Bantanges	71	231 km E	577	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Avezac-Prat-Lahitte	65	489 km S	581	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Nanton	71	209 km E	666	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lacrost	71	220 km E	690	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Préty	71	221 km E	582	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rancy	71	230 km E	616	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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