Arnac

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15011

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arnac (INSEE 15011) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 174 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/15011-arnac

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 15,155 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.57
Housing mix	0.02	5	0.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES PAINS DES CHAMPS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES PAINS DES CHAMPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE MULTI	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	RELAIS-LECTURE	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		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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 305 2023: 174 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 156 (2012) → 174 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 203 (1990) → 174 (2023): -14.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 49 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 1.3 km EPrimary school — 6.5 km EPharmacy — 8.2 km NGP — 8.3 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 (Arnac): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arnac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pleaux): 8.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pleaux): 8.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Illide): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.6

Days at or below 0 °C 98.8▸

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the JUSSAC weather station, 16.2 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 627 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 18.6 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,219 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST ILLIDE, 5.5 km away at 635 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 — 15011/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15011/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15011/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15011/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15191
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
Champdray	88	486 km NE	192	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Cassagne	24	72 km W	149	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 3 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pal-de-Senouire	43	113 km E	108	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Teyssieu	46	27 km SW	162	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Sauclières	12	150 km SE	188	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Brezons	15	46 km E	177	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Teyssieu	46	27 km SW	162	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Brezons	15	46 km E	177	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
La Cassagne	24	72 km W	149	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 3 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pal-de-Senouire	43	113 km E	108	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sauclières	12	150 km SE	188	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Champdray	88	486 km NE	192	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Arnac'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
Chilhac	43	95 km E	176	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Trigance	83	364 km E	232	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Poët-Célard	26	232 km E	148	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert	26	246 km E	206	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Truinas	26	231 km E	145	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Arcons-d'Allier	43	103 km E	189	8.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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