Ardon

Loiret · CC des Portes de Sologne · INSEE 45006

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ardon (INSEE 45006) is in Loiret (45), part of CC des Portes de Sologne. Population 1,203 (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/45006-ardon

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 13,185 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE CROUSTILLANT SOLOGNOT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TABLE · LA RECETTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARDON AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LES PORTES DE SOLOGNE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE CROUSTILLANT SOLOGNOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 TABLE · LA RECETTE	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)	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	ARDON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L'ATELIER COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES PORTES DE SOLOGNE	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: 348 2023: 1,203 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,104 (2012) → 1,203 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 731 (1990) → 1,203 (2023): 64.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 670, of which 5.7 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.8 km SWGP — 5.8 km SWPharmacy — 7.7 km NE 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 (Ardon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jouy-le-Potier): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jouy-le-Potier): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Olivet): 7.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.9

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-ST-M weather station, 10 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FERTE-ST-AUBIN, 8 km away at 107 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 — 45006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45232
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
Ohain	59	300 km NE	1,171	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Blan	81	473 km S	1,093	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine	44	257 km W	1,251	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Porquier	82	423 km S	1,326	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Pierre-Eynac	43	346 km SE	1,288	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Parisot	81	443 km S	1,033	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine	44	257 km W	1,251	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Ohain	59	300 km NE	1,171	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Eynac	43	346 km SE	1,288	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Porquier	82	423 km S	1,326	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %
Parisot	81	443 km S	1,033	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 78 %
Blan	81	473 km S	1,093	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 42 %

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