Souesmes

Loir-et-Cher · CC de la Sologne des Rivières · INSEE 41249

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

Partly served 57.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souesmes (INSEE 41249) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC de la Sologne des Rivières. Population 999 (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/41249-souesmes

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 14,330 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.38	10	3.8
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE CHALET DES DELICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALEXANDRU-LUCIAN DINCA, MÉDECIN · MADALINA-IRINA DINCA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FERRAND LERICHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SOUESMES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE CHALET DES DELICES	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MONIQUE ALORY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ALEXANDRU-LUCIAN DINCA, MÉDECIN · MADALINA-IRINA DINCA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FERRAND LERICHE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SOUESMES	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		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: 1,125 peak 1990: 1,135 2023: 999 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,120 (2012) → 999 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,135 (1990) → 999 (2023): -12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 830, of which 22.7 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 6.4 km N 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 (Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Souesmes): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Souesmes): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Souesmes): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Souesmes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 59.5

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THEILLAY weather station, 17.4 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[10]

An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOUESMES, 0.4 km away at 128 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 — 41249/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41249/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41249/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41249/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41249
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
Savigny-en-Sancerre	18	47 km E	1,088	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Martin-de-Valamas	07	327 km SE	1,075	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan	30	392 km SE	889	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 %
Moncontour	86	178 km W	976	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Droué	41	105 km NW	999	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Santenay	21	200 km E	820	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Savigny-en-Sancerre	18	47 km E	1,088	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Droué	41	105 km NW	999	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Moncontour	86	178 km W	976	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Santenay	21	200 km E	820	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Martin-de-Valamas	07	327 km SE	1,075	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan	30	392 km SE	889	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 %

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Elsewhere

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