Saint-Romain-sur-Cher

Loir-et-Cher · CC Val-de-Cher-Controis · INSEE 41229

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

Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Romain-sur-Cher (INSEE 41229) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Val-de-Cher-Controis. Population 1,473 (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/41229-saint-romain-sur-cher

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 11,776 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.69	10	6.92
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ETABLISSEMENTS BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHAPLAULT ANNICETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA FORET D'EMERAUDE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATHILDE GERY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT ROMAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ROMAIN SUR CHER AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DU BIEN VIVRE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ETABLISSEMENTS BOULANGER	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	CHAPLAULT ANNICETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA FORET D'EMERAUDE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	MATHILDE GERY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT ROMAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT ROMAIN SUR CHER 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DU BIEN VIVRE	INSEE 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: 1,087 peak 2012: 1,506 2023: 1,473 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,506 (2012) → 1,473 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,236 (1990) → 1,473 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 815, of which 9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.8 km S 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 (Saint-Romain-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Noyers-sur-Cher): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Romain-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Romain-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Romain-sur-Cher): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the SELLES-SUR-CHER weather station, 15.5 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[10]

An average of 688 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at OISLY, 9.7 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41229/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41229/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41229/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41229/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41164
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
Sansac-de-Marmiesse	15	281 km S	1,395	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Restigné	37	88 km W	1,139	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Ménéac	56	303 km W	1,476	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Hallencourt	80	300 km N	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %
Arzano	29	369 km W	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 54 %
Solignac	87	174 km S	1,552	50.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Restigné	37	88 km W	1,139	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Solignac	87	174 km S	1,552	50.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %
Sansac-de-Marmiesse	15	281 km S	1,395	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Hallencourt	80	300 km N	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %
Ménéac	56	303 km W	1,476	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Arzano	29	369 km W	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 54 %

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Elsewhere

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