Crouy-sur-Cosson

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Grand Chambord · INSEE 41071

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Crouy-sur-Cosson (INSEE 41071) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Grand Chambord. Population 507 (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 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,761 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.58	10	5.76
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE LE SAINT MARTIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CROUY SUR COSSON RP). ^[3]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU COSSON · LA FERME DES POULARDIÈRES · LE MOULIN DE CROUY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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	1	CAFE LE SAINT MARTIN	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 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	CROUY SUR COSSON 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	3	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU COSSON · LA FERME DES POULARDIÈRES · LE MOULIN DE CROUY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 438 peak 2017: 537 2023: 507 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 497 (2012) → 507 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 471 (1990) → 507 (2023): 7.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 318, of which 20.4 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SGP — 6.3 km WPharmacy — 6.3 km WBakery — 6.5 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 (Muides-sur-Loire): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thoury): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Muides-sur-Loire): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Muides-sur-Loire): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Crouy-sur-Cosson): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 56.1

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTRIEUX weather station, 15.7 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTRIEUX, 15.7 km away at 96 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLENY, 11.1 km away at 127 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 — 41071/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41071/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41071/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41071/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41260
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41071
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
Barbazan	31	519 km S	512	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Cheilly-lès-Maranges	71	246 km E	515	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Voisines	89	149 km NE	523	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Arthez-d'Asson	64	528 km S	457	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Réminiac	56	288 km W	438	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Verrières-de-Joux	25	375 km E	464	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Voisines	89	149 km NE	523	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cheilly-lès-Maranges	71	246 km E	515	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Réminiac	56	288 km W	438	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Verrières-de-Joux	25	375 km E	464	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Barbazan	31	519 km S	512	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Arthez-d'Asson	64	528 km S	457	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %

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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 Crouy-sur-Cosson'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
Barbazan	31	519 km S	512	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Voisines	89	149 km NE	523	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Privé	89	104 km E	515	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Myennes	58	102 km E	535	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lothain	39	318 km E	463	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villeny	41	11 km E	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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