Loye-sur-Arnon

Cher · CC Berry Grand Sud · INSEE 18130

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

Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Loye-sur-Arnon (INSEE 18130) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry Grand Sud. Population 305 (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 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,905 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.07
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.71

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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	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: 488 2023: 305 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 306 (2012) → 305 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 303 (1990) → 305 (2023): 0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 22.9 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km EBakery — 7.9 km SPharmacy — 7.9 km WGP — 10.8 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 (Reigny): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arcomps): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Orval): 10.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Châtelet): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Loye-sur-Arnon): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 62.9

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LE CHATELET weather station, 8.7 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 10.6 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ORCENAIS, 6.5 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18009
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18130
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
Haussez	76	330 km N	274	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Quentin-des-Prés	60	322 km N	285	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vaumeilh	04	383 km SE	270	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Alluy	58	104 km NE	365	24	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Estérençuby	64	485 km SW	303	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize	36	101 km W	311	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize	36	101 km W	311	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Alluy	58	104 km NE	365	24	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Quentin-des-Prés	60	322 km N	285	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Haussez	76	330 km N	274	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Vaumeilh	04	383 km SE	270	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Estérençuby	64	485 km SW	303	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Loye-sur-Arnon'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
Édon	16	203 km SW	272	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech	24	264 km SW	346	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bizeneuille	03	38 km SE	296	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Courtemaux	45	161 km N	261	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Grassac	16	194 km SW	308	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Albignac	19	177 km S	236	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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