Orcenais

Cher · CC Coeur de France · INSEE 18171

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

No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orcenais (INSEE 18171) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de France. Population 239 (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 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,009 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	4.02
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	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	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	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: 312 2023: 239 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 256 (2012) → 239 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 265 (1990) → 239 (2023): -9.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 141, of which 5.7 % second homes and 17.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km EGP — 4.6 km EFood shop — 4.7 km EPharmacy — 5.2 km E 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): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orval): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Orval): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Orval): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.9

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORVAL RAD weather station, 3.8 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 3.8 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, 1.4 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 86,085 € — 750 € 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 — 18171/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18171/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18171/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18171/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18171
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
Nouvion-le-Comte	02	340 km N	239	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rejet-de-Beaulieu	59	381 km N	241	19.6	No daily shops	no figures
Dargies	60	334 km N	239	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Châtenay	28	187 km N	241	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ménonval	76	347 km N	236	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Charny-le-Bachot	10	234 km NE	239	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtenay	28	187 km N	241	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Charny-le-Bachot	10	234 km NE	239	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Dargies	60	334 km N	239	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Nouvion-le-Comte	02	340 km N	239	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ménonval	76	347 km N	236	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Rejet-de-Beaulieu	59	381 km N	241	19.6	No daily shops	no figures

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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 Orcenais'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
Cheney	89	176 km NE	235	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vouillers	51	283 km NE	257	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vrain	51	283 km NE	231	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villemardy	41	147 km NW	264	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais	03	76 km SE	239	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ébaty	21	181 km E	256	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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