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Cheverny

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41050

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cheverny (INSEE 41050) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 910 (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/41050-cheverny

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 14,915 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.5209.93
Education0100
Health0.5104.99
Public & culture050
Population trend0.51105.11
Housing mix0.7753.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 2 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN CROISSANT). [3,4]

5 × Restaurant (CONSTANS PERE ET FILS · LE PINOCCHIO · MISS GOUMARD · LA COUR DES ROIS · ORANGERIE DU CHATEAU DE CHEVERNY). [3,4]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AUDREY LETOURNEUR, MÉDECIN · LUDIVINE BARBEAU, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT PELLERIN-JOUANNEAU, MÉDECIN · ASTRID TABONE, MÉDECIN · JEANNE MOUSSU, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Hotel (CHATEAU DU BREUIL · HÔTEL CHEVERNY LA VIE EST BELLE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES SAULES). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AU PAIN CROISSANTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant5CONSTANS PERE ET FILS · LE PINOCCHIO · MISS GOUMARD · LA COUR DES ROIS · ORANGERIE DU CHATEAU DE CHEVERNYINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)6AUDREY LETOURNEUR, MÉDECIN · LUDIVINE BARBEAU, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT PELLERIN-JOUANNEAU, MÉDECIN · ASTRID TABONE, MÉDECIN · JEANNE MOUSSU, MÉDECININSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel2CHATEAU DU BREUIL · HÔTEL CHEVERNY LA VIE EST BELLEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES SAULESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 743 peak 1999: 986 2023: 910 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 975 (2012) → 910 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 900 (1990) → 910 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 528, of which 11.7 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km E (Cheverny)Primary school — 0.8 km N (Cour-Cheverny)Food shop — 1.0 km N (Cour-Cheverny)Pharmacy — 1.1 km N (Cour-Cheverny)
In the commune Bakery GP — 0.5 km EPrimary school — 0.8 km NFood shop — 1.0 km NPharmacy — 1.1 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 (Cheverny): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cour-Cheverny): 1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Cheverny): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cour-Cheverny): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Cour-Cheverny): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHEVERNY weather station, 1.9 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 91 m. [10]

An average of 699 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHEVERNY, 1.9 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41050/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41050/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41050/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41050/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41050
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41067
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines78128 km N85043.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Pern-Lhospitalet46349 km S92531.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 80 %
Montigny-Lengrain02241 km NE67422.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Montcel73398 km SE1,11132.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %
Montagny-lès-Beaune21262 km E77738.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Sauveur-Marville28123 km N92131.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Sauveur-Marville28123 km N92131.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines78128 km N85043.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Montigny-Lengrain02241 km NE67422.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Montagny-lès-Beaune21262 km E77738.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Pern-Lhospitalet46349 km S92531.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 80 %
Montcel73398 km SE1,11132.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %

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