Couddes

Loir-et-Cher · CC Val-de-Cher-Controis · INSEE 41062

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couddes (INSEE 41062) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Val-de-Cher-Controis. Population 530 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/41062-couddes

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,639 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.93
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (RABATE CHRISOSTOME). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TAILLE ROUGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (COUDDES RP). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	RABATE CHRISOSTOME	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	LA TAILLE ROUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	COUDDES RP	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	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: 528 peak 2017: 546 2023: 530 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 519 (2012) → 530 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 485 (1990) → 530 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 288, of which 8.7 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.9 km SGP — 5.0 km SFood shop — 5.8 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 (Couddes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Controis-en-Sologne): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Romain-sur-Cher): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Romain-sur-Cher): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Couddes): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 55.9

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. ^[11]

Measured at the CHEVERNY weather station, 16 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[11]

An average of 688 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OISLY, 5.3 km away at 124 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 — 41062/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41062/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41062/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41062/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41229
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
Janailhac	87	192 km S	524	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Rigny-sur-Arroux	71	220 km SE	613	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Douville	24	271 km S	453	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bellegarde	24	270 km S	507	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Gesvres	53	161 km NW	539	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Beaupouyet	24	277 km S	553	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gesvres	53	161 km NW	539	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Janailhac	87	192 km S	524	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Rigny-sur-Arroux	71	220 km SE	613	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bellegarde	24	270 km S	507	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Douville	24	271 km S	453	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Beaupouyet	24	277 km S	553	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %

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Elsewhere

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