Châtillon-sur-Cher

Loir-et-Cher · CC Val-de-Cher-Controis · INSEE 41043

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châtillon-sur-Cher (INSEE 41043) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Val-de-Cher-Controis. Population 1,700 (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/41043-chatillon-sur-cher

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 10,708 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.72	10	7.19
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.6

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZ'A'MANIA · ROMAIN DARME TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O COMPTOIR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQ MES JEUNES ANNEES). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (QUENTIN BOISSELIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHATILLON SUR CHER AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (UN AIR CREA TIFS · ANTOCOIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (L'ENTRE DEUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	3	PIZZ'A'MANIA · ROMAIN DARME TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	O COMPTOIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQ MES JEUNES ANNEES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	QUENTIN BOISSELIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	CHATILLON SUR CHER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	UN AIR CREA TIFS · ANTOCOIFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	L'ENTRE DEUX	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,333 peak 2012: 1,732 2023: 1,700 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,732 (2012) → 1,700 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,395 (1990) → 1,700 (2023): 21.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 990, of which 14 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.0 km SFood shop — 3.1 km SPharmacy — 3.8 km E 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 (Meusnes): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meusnes): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châtillon-sur-Cher): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Selles-sur-Cher): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Châtillon-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 59.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SELLES-SUR-CHER weather station, 7.8 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROMORANTIN, 15.3 km away at 83 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SELLES-SUR-CHER, 7.8 km away at 83 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41242
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
Charbonnières-les-Vieilles	63	183 km SE	1,170	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Saubrigues	40	463 km SW	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Montsenelle	50	315 km NW	1,450	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 43 %
Plounévez-Quintin	22	371 km W	1,064	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	165 km S	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Cléden-Poher	29	400 km W	1,130	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	165 km S	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Charbonnières-les-Vieilles	63	183 km SE	1,170	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Montsenelle	50	315 km NW	1,450	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 43 %
Plounévez-Quintin	22	371 km W	1,064	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Cléden-Poher	29	400 km W	1,130	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saubrigues	40	463 km SW	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Châtillon-sur-Cher'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-Germain-des-Prés	45	126 km NE	1,849	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dracy-le-Fort	71	253 km E	1,472	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Theizé	69	281 km SE	1,278	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Courzieu	69	291 km SE	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dampierre-en-Burly	45	94 km NE	1,466	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ingrandes	86	83 km SW	1,709	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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