Arthon

Indre · CA Châteauroux Métropole · INSEE 36009

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

Few services 29.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arthon (INSEE 36009) is in Indre (36), part of CA Châteauroux Métropole. Population 1,215 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36009-arthon

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 13,123 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.47
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES TRESORS DE CERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES PETITES PROVISIONS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARTHON RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES TRESORS DE CERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LES PETITES PROVISIONS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	ARTHON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 532 peak 2017: 1,250 2023: 1,215 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,209 (2012) → 1,215 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 902 (1990) → 1,215 (2023): 34.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 604, of which 8.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 3.8 km WFood shop — 4.1 km WPharmacy — 4.1 km W 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 (Arthon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Velles): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Velles): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Velles): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arthon): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.1

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the JEU-LES-BOIS-AUTO weather station, 8.4 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at JEU-LES-BOIS-AUTO, 8.4 km away at 185 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 805 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JEU-LES-BOIS, 6.4 km away at 161 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 — 36009/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36009/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36009/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36009/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36009
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36231
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
Raon-aux-Bois	88	393 km NE	1,202	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	227 km SE	1,298	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Abilly	37	79 km W	1,116	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Conquereuil	44	281 km NW	1,061	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %
Marcilloles	38	308 km SE	1,201	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy	72	183 km NW	995	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Abilly	37	79 km W	1,116	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy	72	183 km NW	995	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	227 km SE	1,298	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Conquereuil	44	281 km NW	1,061	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %
Marcilloles	38	308 km SE	1,201	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Raon-aux-Bois	88	393 km NE	1,202	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · 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 Arthon'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
La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy	72	183 km NW	995	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montcresson	45	159 km NE	1,262	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Blancafort	18	112 km NE	998	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gennes-Longuefuye	53	217 km NW	1,354	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Farges-en-Septaine	18	84 km NE	1,023	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Villebois	01	302 km E	1,206	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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