Arcambal

Identity

Arcambal (INSEE 46007) is in Lot (46), part of CA du Grand Cahors. Population 1,004 (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/46007-arcambal

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 14,301 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

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

1 × Restaurant (ARC EN BAL). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,013 (2012) → 1,004 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 637 (1990) → 1,004 (2023): 57.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 552, of which 11.4 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lamagdelaine): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamagdelaine): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lamagdelaine): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cahors): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arcambal): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GERY weather station, 5.7 km away at 137 m; the village itself is at 124 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE MONTAT, 11.3 km away at 260 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 136 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 869 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST GERY, 5.7 km away at 137 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

51 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 178,000 € — 1,012 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Lot is 1,246 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 46007/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46007/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46007/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46007/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46149
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46042
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46007
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025