Couffy

Loir-et-Cher · CC Val-de-Cher-Controis · INSEE 41063

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

No daily shops 18.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couffy (INSEE 41063) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Val-de-Cher-Controis. Population 506 (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 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 17,753 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.41	10	4.05
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'ELODIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	COUFFY 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	1	LES CISEAUX D'ELODIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 548 peak 1975: 560 2023: 506 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 536 (2012) → 506 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 559 (1990) → 506 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 15.5 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km SEBakery — 4.3 km EGP — 4.9 km EPharmacy — 6.1 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 (Meusnes): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lye): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meusnes): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aignan): 6.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Couffy): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 59.6

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. ^[12]

Measured at the SELLES-SUR-CHER weather station, 12.5 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[12]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SELLES-SUR-CHER, 12.5 km away at 83 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41063
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
Espès-Undurein	64	478 km SW	506	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 68 %
Marcillac-Lanville	16	190 km SW	521	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 %
Orvillers-Sorel	60	276 km N	513	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Prunay-Cassereau	41	63 km NW	577	20.5	Few services	no figures
Briantes	36	89 km SE	589	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères	88	413 km E	547	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Prunay-Cassereau	41	63 km NW	577	20.5	Few services	no figures
Briantes	36	89 km SE	589	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Marcillac-Lanville	16	190 km SW	521	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 %
Orvillers-Sorel	60	276 km N	513	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères	88	413 km E	547	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Espès-Undurein	64	478 km SW	506	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 68 %

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