Sassay

Loir-et-Cher · CC Val-de-Cher-Controis · INSEE 41237

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sassay (INSEE 41237) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Val-de-Cher-Controis. Population 1,142 (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/41237-sassay

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 13,545 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

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

1 × Restaurant (NONO CREPES & DELICES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE SASSAY). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (UN AIR DE FLORE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	NONO CREPES & DELICES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	POINT-LECTURE DE SASSAY	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	2	UN AIR DE FLORE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 640 2023: 1,142 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 939 (2012) → 1,142 (2023): 21.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 584 (1990) → 1,142 (2023): 95.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 518, of which 5.4 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.6 km NBakery — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 2.8 km NGP — 3.0 km NW 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 (Le Controis-en-Sologne): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Controis-en-Sologne): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Controis-en-Sologne): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Controis-en-Sologne): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sassay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the CHEVERNY weather station, 12.2 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[10]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CONTRES, 2.8 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

94 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 162,750 € — 1,187 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Loir-et-Cher is 1,214 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41237
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Culhat	63	223 km SE	1,182	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Mont	64	470 km S	1,146	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %
La Sure en Chartreuse	38	396 km SE	1,072	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 45 %
Hoffen	67	511 km E	1,160	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Bressolles	03	172 km SE	1,143	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville	76	261 km N	1,181	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bressolles	03	172 km SE	1,143	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Culhat	63	223 km SE	1,182	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville	76	261 km N	1,181	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
La Sure en Chartreuse	38	396 km SE	1,072	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 45 %
Mont	64	470 km S	1,146	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %
Hoffen	67	511 km E	1,160	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %

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