Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois

Eure-et-Loir · CC Entre Beauce et Perche · INSEE 28324

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois (INSEE 28324) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Entre Beauce et Perche. Population 897 (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 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 14,971 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.89	10	8.89
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 (DOS SANTOS ISABEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA CLE DES CHAMPS). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ARNOULT). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (NATHALIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	DOS SANTOS ISABEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA CLE DES CHAMPS	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ARNOULT	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	NATHALIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 360 2023: 897 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 883 (2012) → 897 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 646 (1990) → 897 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 6.8 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km SEGP — 4.6 km SEFood shop — 4.8 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km SE 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 (Fontaine-la-Guyon): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courville-sur-Eure): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fontaine-la-Guyon): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fontaine-la-Guyon): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.6

Days at or below 0 °C 48.6

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the THIMERT weather station, 6.5 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHARTRES, 18 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 640 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THIMERT, 6.5 km away at 225 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28324/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28324/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28324/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28324/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28324
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
Léaz	01	439 km SE	912	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Crandelles	15	401 km S	872	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Mesme	78	52 km E	904	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône	42	430 km SE	888	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Charnas	07	439 km SE	925	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Hon-Hergies	59	275 km NE	867	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Mesme	78	52 km E	904	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Hon-Hergies	59	275 km NE	867	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Crandelles	15	401 km S	872	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône	42	430 km SE	888	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Léaz	01	439 km SE	912	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Charnas	07	439 km SE	925	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · 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 Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois'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
Sainte-Mesme	78	52 km E	904	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marsangy	89	154 km E	870	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fromentières	53	159 km SW	848	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice	63	348 km SE	968	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Raizeux	78	34 km NE	970	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup	79	234 km SW	985	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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