Arquian

Nièvre · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 58012

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arquian (INSEE 58012) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 540 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/58012-arquian

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 17,580 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.42	10	4.17
Housing mix	0.36	5	1.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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”.

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

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

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

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE D'ARQUIAN). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	ARQUIAN LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE D'ARQUIAN	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: 698 2023: 540 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 598 (2012) → 540 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 589 (1990) → 540 (2023): -8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 447, of which 32 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.0 km EGP — 6.2 km EPharmacy — 6.3 km EBakery — 8.5 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 (Neuvy-sur-Loire): 8.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arquian): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURS LES COSNE weather station, 11.2 km away at 196 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COURS LES COSNE, 11.2 km away at 196 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 877 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST AMAND EN PUI, 5.7 km away at 210 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 — 58012/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58012/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58012/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58012/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58012
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
Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois	23	168 km SW	564	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Celles	24	319 km SW	619	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Sauvessanges	63	248 km S	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Méasnes	23	155 km SW	522	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gabriac	12	344 km S	561	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-la-Roche	24	275 km SW	542	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Méasnes	23	155 km SW	522	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois	23	168 km SW	564	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sauvessanges	63	248 km S	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-la-Roche	24	275 km SW	542	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Celles	24	319 km SW	619	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Gabriac	12	344 km S	561	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Arquian'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
Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois	23	168 km SW	564	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Méasnes	23	155 km SW	522	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Anzême	23	166 km SW	551	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Rancon	87	209 km SW	475	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Eyrein	19	258 km S	514	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac	87	217 km SW	452	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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