Saint-Pardoux-d'Arnet

Identity

Saint-Pardoux-d'Arnet (INSEE 23226) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 163 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/23226-saint-pardoux-d-arnet

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 14,672 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 165 (2012) → 163 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 186 (1990) → 163 (2023): -12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 29.9 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Villetelle): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Crocq): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Crocq): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Felletin): 12.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Crocq): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NEOUX weather station, 6.7 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 690 m. ^[11]

The village sits 105 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FELLETIN, 11.1 km away at 635 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 55 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 945 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CROCQ, 2.8 km away at 710 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 62,150 € — 662 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23226/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23226/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23226/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23226/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23266
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23069
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23079
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025