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Sennely

Loiret · CC des Portes de Sologne · INSEE 45309

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

Partly served 49.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sennely (INSEE 45309) is in Loiret (45), part of CC des Portes de Sologne. Population 677 (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/45309-sennely

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 16,558 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.6753.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 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) (AUX DELICES D'AUJOURD'HUI). [3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE VILLECHAUME · MBH). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SENNELY AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (GENERATION COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AUX DELICES D'AUJOURD'HUIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2AUBERGE DE VILLECHAUME · MBHINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SENNELY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1GENERATION COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPINGINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 512 peak 2017: 709 2023: 677 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 679 (2012) → 677 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 437 (1990) → 677 (2023): 54.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 397, of which 16.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmFood shop — 4.1 km S (Souvigny-en-Sologne)GP — 7.7 km SW (Vouzon)Pharmacy — 12.4 km SW (Lamotte-Beuvron)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km SGP — 7.7 km SWPharmacy — 12.4 km SW 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 (Sennely): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Souvigny-en-Sologne): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Vouzon): 7.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Lamotte-Beuvron): 12.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Sennely): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MENESTREAU-EN-V weather station, 11.3 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 129 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at VILLEMURLIN, 16.5 km away at 144 m, over 19 summers. [12]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MENESTREAU-EN-V, 11.3 km away at 126 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45309/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45309/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45309/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45309/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45309
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41251
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41296
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41106
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chahaignes72122 km W66438.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière09527 km S67947.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Blandy77109 km NE76350.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Orcival63226 km S57139.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Sigloy4518 km N65445.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Beauharnais4127 km SW56136Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sigloy4518 km N65445.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Beauharnais4127 km SW56136Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Blandy77109 km NE76350.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chahaignes72122 km W66438.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Orcival63226 km S57139.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière09527 km S67947.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Sennely'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Blandy77109 km NE76350.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sigloy4518 km N65445.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Beauharnais4127 km SW56136Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnay-l'Évêque2870 km N73939.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Millançay4138 km SW71646.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Voué10171 km NE68941.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %