Arpheuilles

Cher · CC Coeur de France · INSEE 18013

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arpheuilles (INSEE 18013) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de France. Population 299 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,839 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	3.98
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

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

2 × Restaurant (LE GAL'TON · L'AUBERGE DU BOIS D'ARPHEUILLES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	2	LE GAL'TON · L'AUBERGE DU BOIS D'ARPHEUILLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 306 peak 2007: 340 2023: 299 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 332 (2012) → 299 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 333 (1990) → 299 (2023): -10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 175, of which 6.9 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.5 km SWBakery — 7.1 km SPharmacy — 7.8 km SWGP — 7.9 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 (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 6.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 7.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arpheuilles): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 47.5

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-AMAND-MTROND weather station, 6.6 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 6.6 km away at 177 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 6.6 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

18 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 92,500 € — 579 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18013
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Saint-Étienne-Roilaye	60	290 km N	301	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Dagny	77	220 km N	305	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Chassy	71	120 km E	296	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Clux-Villeneuve	71	201 km E	303	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Le Mayet-d'École	03	86 km SE	304	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Torfou	91	196 km N	294	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mayet-d'École	03	86 km SE	304	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Chassy	71	120 km E	296	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Torfou	91	196 km N	294	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Clux-Villeneuve	71	201 km E	303	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Dagny	77	220 km N	305	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Étienne-Roilaye	60	290 km N	301	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Arpheuilles'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
Panassac	32	409 km SW	278	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sarriac-Bigorre	65	424 km SW	271	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Angos	65	442 km SW	230	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Eslourenties-Daban	64	442 km SW	380	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hibarette	65	449 km SW	232	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lucgarier	64	450 km SW	273	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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