Orval

Cher · CC Coeur de France · INSEE 18172

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orval (INSEE 18172) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de France. Population 1,619 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18172-orval

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 11,081 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.3	10	3
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE CYPRES · LES DELICES D'ORVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CLEMENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE JEAN BART). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE JACQUES GANNE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FAWZI ZEMIRLINE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'ORVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - LUDOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (JULIE COIFFURE · C... DANS L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (FASTHOTEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE CYPRES · LES DELICES D'ORVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CLEMENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE JEAN BART	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE JACQUES GANNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FAWZI ZEMIRLINE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D'ORVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE - LUDOTHÈQUE	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	2	JULIE COIFFURE · C... DANS L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	FASTHOTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,436 peak 1982: 2,055 2023: 1,619 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,884 (2012) → 1,619 (2023): -14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,024 (1990) → 1,619 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,053, of which 2.9 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.6 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): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orval): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Orval): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Orval): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Orval): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the ORVAL weather station, 0.6 km away at 165 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ORVAL RAD, 1.2 km away at 165 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ORVAL, 0.6 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18172/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18172/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18172/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18172/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18172
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
Schirmeck	67	405 km NE	2,056	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain	60	286 km N	1,628	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	60	289 km N	1,751	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Rothau	67	403 km NE	1,471	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Thoiry	78	243 km N	1,434	57.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Woincourt	80	378 km N	1,302	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thoiry	78	243 km N	1,434	57.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain	60	286 km N	1,628	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	60	289 km N	1,751	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Woincourt	80	378 km N	1,302	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Rothau	67	403 km NE	1,471	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Schirmeck	67	405 km NE	2,056	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · 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 Orval'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
Saint-Léger-des-Vignes	58	75 km E	1,646	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Davézieux	07	237 km SE	3,205	69.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Roiffieux	07	237 km SE	2,743	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boulieu-lès-Annonay	07	234 km SE	2,248	54.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu-lès-Loches	37	120 km W	1,733	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Brassac-les-Mines	63	160 km SE	3,412	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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