Orçay

Loir-et-Cher · CC de la Sologne des Rivières · INSEE 41168

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

No daily shops 19.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orçay (INSEE 41168) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC de la Sologne des Rivières. Population 206 (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/41168-orcay

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 16,113 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.3	10	2.95
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA SOLOGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ORCAY (FERMÉ) 2 ROUTE DE VIERZON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	2	LA SOLOGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 D'ORCAY (FERMÉ) 2 ROUTE DE VIERZON	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	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: 177 peak 1982: 260 2023: 206 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 249 (2012) → 206 (2023): -17.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 259 (1990) → 206 (2023): -20.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 130, of which 17.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 5.5 km SFood shop — 5.7 km SPrimary school — 5.9 km NWGP — 5.9 km NWPharmacy — 6.0 km NW 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 (Vierzon): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vierzon): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Theillay): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Theillay): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Theillay): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 59.5

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THEILLAY weather station, 3.2 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[10]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at THEILLAY, 3.2 km away at 140 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 — 41168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18279
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41256
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
Morley	55	274 km NE	204	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 %
Bègues	03	152 km SE	232	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Poujols	34	403 km S	190	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Montbolo	66	536 km S	189	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Ranton	86	165 km W	204	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Massac	17	238 km SW	184	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bègues	03	152 km SE	232	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Ranton	86	165 km W	204	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Massac	17	238 km SW	184	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Morley	55	274 km NE	204	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 %
Poujols	34	403 km S	190	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Montbolo	66	536 km S	189	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %

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