Val d'Arcomie

Cantal · CC de Saint-Flour · INSEE 15108

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

Partly served 50.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val d'Arcomie (INSEE 15108) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 922 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 4 former communes: Bournoncles (15023), Faverolles (15068), Saint-Just (15195), Saint-Marc (15197). ^[3]

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/15108-val-d-arcomie

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 14,843 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.97	20	19.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.91	5	4.54
Population trend	0.31	10	3.09
Housing mix	0.4	5	1.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (LE DROP · PIZZA CONCEPT 70 · AUBERGE PAYSANNE). ^[4,5]

3 × Café / bar. ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

3 × Post office / agence postale (LOUBARESSE VAL D ARCOMIE RP · FAVEROLLES VAL D ARCOMIE AP · VAL D ARCOMIE AP). ^[4]

2 × Library (RELAIS LECTURE FAVEROLLES MAIRIE · MÉDIATHÈQUE DE ST JUST). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL BEAU SITE). ^[4,5]

2 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	LE DROP · PIZZA CONCEPT 70 · AUBERGE PAYSANNE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	3	LOUBARESSE VAL D ARCOMIE RP · FAVEROLLES VAL D ARCOMIE AP · VAL D ARCOMIE AP	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Library	2	RELAIS LECTURE FAVEROLLES MAIRIE · MÉDIATHÈQUE DE ST JUST	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	1	HOTEL BEAU SITE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Campsite	2	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,646 2023: 922 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 998 (2012) → 922 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,140 (1990) → 922 (2023): -19.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 879, of which 30.1 % second homes and 19.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.0 km WGP — 7.5 km NBakery — 7.7 km NPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Ruynes-en-Margeride): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val d'Arcomie): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Ruynes-en-Margeride): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ruynes-en-Margeride): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Val d'Arcomie): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.5

Days at or below 0 °C 102.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RUYNES weather station, 7.5 km away at 905 m; the village itself is at 929 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RUYNES, 7.5 km away at 905 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FAVEROLLES, 4.9 km away at 903 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 — 15108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15108
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
Sarroux - Saint Julien	19	81 km NW	866	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Beuzec-Cap-Sizun	29	686 km NW	1,008	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe	89	291 km N	1,083	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Scrignac	29	653 km NW	816	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Le Nayrac	12	56 km SW	555	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Massegros Causses Gorges	48	70 km S	935	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Nayrac	12	56 km SW	555	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Massegros Causses Gorges	48	70 km S	935	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Sarroux - Saint Julien	19	81 km NW	866	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe	89	291 km N	1,083	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Scrignac	29	653 km NW	816	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Beuzec-Cap-Sizun	29	686 km NW	1,008	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Val d'Arcomie'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
Cremeaux	42	122 km NE	914	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vallière	23	142 km NW	705	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Servant	63	136 km N	558	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Confort	01	244 km NE	668	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Servoz	74	299 km NE	1,169	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Charensat	63	125 km N	470	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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