Villefranche-sur-Cher

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Romorantinais et du Monestois · INSEE 41280

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

Partly served 55.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villefranche-sur-Cher (INSEE 41280) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Romorantinais et du Monestois. Population 2,678 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/41280-villefranche-sur-cher

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 7,842 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.67	10	6.65
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (ROYAUME DE GOURMANDISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (LA PAELLA IBERICA · LA GUINGUETTE DE VILLEFRANCHE · CHEZ TULIA · LES ROTISSEURS D'ANTAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES DAUPHINS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES DAUPHINS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SUZANNE DEMARD-AMELOT, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LE BRIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE RENAUD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-CHER ESPACE GEORGES SAND). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE OMNISPORT MARIE LOUISE CARRE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (ART DES ANGES · TECHNI COIFFURE · SARAH COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 4 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ROYAUME DE GOURMANDISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	S A M	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	4	LA PAELLA IBERICA · LA GUINGUETTE DE VILLEFRANCHE · CHEZ TULIA · LES ROTISSEURS D'ANTAN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES DAUPHINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES DAUPHINS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	SUZANNE DEMARD-AMELOT, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LE BRIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SARL PHARMACIE RENAUD	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	VILLEFRANCHE SUR CHER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-CHER ESPACE GEORGES SAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	CENTRE OMNISPORT MARIE LOUISE CARRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	ART DES ANGES · TECHNI COIFFURE · SARAH COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,540 peak 2012: 2,746 2023: 2,678 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,746 (2012) → 2,678 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,298 (1990) → 2,678 (2023): 16.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,487, of which 6.1 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.3 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 (Langon-sur-Cher): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villefranche-sur-Cher): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefranche-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villefranche-sur-Cher): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20

Days at or below 0 °C 67.3

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROMORANTIN weather station, 7 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROMORANTIN, 7 km away at 83 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 684 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROMORANTIN, 7 km away at 83 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 — 41280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41280
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
Mollégès	13	460 km SE	2,647	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	418 km S	2,696	72.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Ouveillan	11	455 km S	2,713	65	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Pargoire	34	440 km S	2,501	68.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Toury	28	101 km N	2,640	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Bagard	30	400 km SE	2,605	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Toury	28	101 km N	2,640	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Bagard	30	400 km SE	2,605	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	418 km S	2,696	72.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pargoire	34	440 km S	2,501	68.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Ouveillan	11	455 km S	2,713	65	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 0 %
Mollégès	13	460 km SE	2,647	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Villefranche-sur-Cher'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
Puy-Guillaume	63	197 km SE	2,630	65.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Panissières	42	258 km SE	2,911	61.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lauterbourg	67	511 km NE	2,324	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Pussay	91	119 km N	2,288	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Argental	42	309 km SE	2,886	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Toucy	89	124 km NE	2,571	63.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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