Mareuil-sur-Arnon

Cher · CC FerCher · INSEE 18137

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mareuil-sur-Arnon (INSEE 18137) is in Cher (18), part of CC FerCher. Population 487 (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 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,829 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.3	10	2.97
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES DE MAREUIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMIL POPESCU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MAREUIL SUR ARNON AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES GOURMANDISES DE MAREUIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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)	1	EMIL POPESCU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MAREUIL SUR ARNON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 822 2023: 487 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 550 (2012) → 487 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 611 (1990) → 487 (2023): -20.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 414, of which 10.6 % second homes and 23.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 7.1 km SWPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Mareuil-sur-Arnon): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chezal-Benoît): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mareuil-sur-Arnon): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chezal-Benoît): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mareuil-sur-Arnon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64.7

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAREUIL weather station, 0.6 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 145 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 12.5 km away at 148 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAREUIL, 0.6 km away at 137 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 — 18137/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18137/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18137/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18137/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18137
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18065
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
Ryes	14	341 km NW	482	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %
Barbonne-Fayel	51	228 km NE	482	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Annebault	14	307 km NW	521	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Vascœuil	27	291 km N	306	39.8	Few services	no figures
Narcy	58	79 km NE	464	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Nantilly	70	262 km E	443	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Narcy	58	79 km NE	464	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Barbonne-Fayel	51	228 km NE	482	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Nantilly	70	262 km E	443	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Vascœuil	27	291 km N	306	39.8	Few services	no figures
Annebault	14	307 km NW	521	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Ryes	14	341 km NW	482	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Mareuil-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
Martres-de-Rivière	31	439 km S	418	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chadurie	16	219 km SW	505	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Mantry	39	258 km E	472	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ruvigny	10	217 km NE	501	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Flacey-en-Bresse	71	248 km E	412	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pin	03	142 km E	432	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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