La Ferté-Beauharnais

Loir-et-Cher · CC de la Sologne des Etangs · INSEE 41083

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Ferté-Beauharnais (INSEE 41083) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC de la Sologne des Etangs. Population 561 (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 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,411 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.77	10	7.69
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SASU BOULANGERIE ZO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LE BEAUHARNAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA FERTE BEAUHARNAIS RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA-FERTÉ-BEAUHARNAIS (FERMÉ) LA PAGERIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE SOLOGNE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SASU BOULANGERIE ZO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	AUBERGE LE BEAUHARNAIS	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA FERTE BEAUHARNAIS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA-FERTÉ-BEAUHARNAIS (FERMÉ) LA PAGERIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 DE SOLOGNE	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: 454 2023: 561 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 529 (2012) → 561 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 442 (1990) → 561 (2023): 26.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 358, of which 20.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 0.6 km EPrimary school — 3.1 km WGP — 3.5 km WPharmacy — 6.9 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 (La Ferté-Beauharnais): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Ferté-Beauharnais): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Neung-sur-Beuvron): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Viâtre): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Neung-sur-Beuvron): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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, 8.7 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTRIEUX, 8.7 km away at 96 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTRIEUX, 8.7 km away at 96 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 — 41083/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41083/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41083/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41083/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41159
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41231
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
Semur-en-Brionnais	71	222 km SE	611	30.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Chapelle-Viviers	86	145 km SW	551	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chahaignes	72	102 km W	664	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 76 %
Montfaucon	46	318 km S	584	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse	71	263 km E	496	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Laizy	71	191 km E	599	42.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chahaignes	72	102 km W	664	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 76 %
Chapelle-Viviers	86	145 km SW	551	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Laizy	71	191 km E	599	42.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Semur-en-Brionnais	71	222 km SE	611	30.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse	71	263 km E	496	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Montfaucon	46	318 km S	584	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Ferté-Beauharnais'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
Chapelle-Viviers	86	145 km SW	551	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sennely	45	27 km NE	677	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ruffec	36	114 km SW	562	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Millançay	41	12 km SW	716	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marcolès	15	309 km S	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Voué	10	198 km NE	689	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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