Arcomps

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18009

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

Few services 27.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arcomps (INSEE 18009) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 280 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,687 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.48	10	4.76
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES SAVEURS BY L'HIRONDELLE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARCOMPS FOSSE NOUVELLE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LES SAVEURS BY L'HIRONDELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	ARCOMPS FOSSE NOUVELLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 344 peak 1975: 347 2023: 280 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 302 (2012) → 280 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 287 (1990) → 280 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 7.9 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km SBakery — 6.6 km NEGP — 6.7 km NEPharmacy — 7.1 km NE 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 (Orval): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arcomps): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Orval): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Orval): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arcomps): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.1

Muggy days a summer 2

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORVAL weather station, 6.4 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 6.7 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ORCENAIS, 4.3 km away at 212 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 — 18009/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18009/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18009/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18009/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18009
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
Chappes	03	50 km SE	220	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel	32	394 km SW	252	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Galgan	12	242 km S	363	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Pergain-Taillac	32	325 km SW	336	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Sarrant	32	343 km S	358	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Berlencourt-le-Cauroy	62	401 km N	277	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chappes	03	50 km SE	220	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Galgan	12	242 km S	363	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Pergain-Taillac	32	325 km SW	336	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Sarrant	32	343 km S	358	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Michel	32	394 km SW	252	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Berlencourt-le-Cauroy	62	401 km N	277	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · 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 Arcomps'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
Fleuriel	03	72 km SE	336	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Montellier	01	219 km E	336	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marçais	18	5.6 km NW	308	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Gouise	03	82 km E	219	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Murat	03	48 km SE	264	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Cour-Marigny	45	136 km N	379	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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