Souvigny-en-Sologne

Loir-et-Cher · CC Coeur de Sologne · INSEE 41251

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

Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souvigny-en-Sologne (INSEE 41251) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Coeur de Sologne. Population 495 (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/41251-souvigny-en-sologne

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 17,804 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.63	10	6.25
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.65

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (OLE PAELLA · LA GRANGE AUX OIES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA GRANGE AUX OIES). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOUVIGNY EN SOLOGNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE SOUVIGNY-EN-SOLOGNE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES FILLES ET LES GARCONS). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE DEPANNEUR	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	2	OLE PAELLA · LA GRANGE AUX OIES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA GRANGE AUX OIES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES FONTAINES	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	SOUVIGNY EN SOLOGNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE SOUVIGNY-EN-SOLOGNE	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 FILLES ET LES GARCONS	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: 406 peak 2017: 524 2023: 495 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 499 (2012) → 495 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 440 (1990) → 495 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 362, of which 23.5 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km SWGP — 8.1 km WPharmacy — 11.1 km SE 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 (Souvigny-en-Sologne): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Souvigny-en-Sologne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vouzon): 8.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brinon-sur-Sauldre): 11.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Souvigny-en-Sologne): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 58.6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAMOTTE-BEUVRON weather station, 12.1 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[11]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAMOTTE-BEUVRON, 12.1 km away at 117 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 — 41251/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41251/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41251/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41251/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41251
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18037
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
Propières	69	236 km SE	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 77 %
Le Caylar	34	430 km S	460	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Marcolès	15	319 km S	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Léon	03	180 km SE	530	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %
Chanaz	73	344 km SE	551	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Châteaudouble	83	560 km SE	476	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léon	03	180 km SE	530	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %
Propières	69	236 km SE	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 77 %
Marcolès	15	319 km S	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Chanaz	73	344 km SE	551	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Le Caylar	34	430 km S	460	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Châteaudouble	83	560 km SE	476	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %

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Elsewhere

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