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Arthel

Nièvre · CC Les Bertranges · INSEE 58013

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 5.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arthel (INSEE 58013) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Les Bertranges. Population 89 (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/58013-arthel

Vitality score

Vitality score 5.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 9,442 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.42104.18
Housing mix0.1150.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 161 2023: 89 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 97 (2012) → 89 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 97 (1990) → 89 (2023): -8.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 94, of which 44.7 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 6.4 km NW (Champlemy)Bakery — 7.4 km NE (Brinon-sur-Beuvron)GP — 7.5 km NE (Brinon-sur-Beuvron)Primary school — 7.6 km NE (Brinon-sur-Beuvron)Pharmacy — 9.7 km SW (Prémery)
Food shop — 6.4 km NWBakery — 7.4 km NEGP — 7.5 km NEPrimary school — 7.6 km NEPharmacy — 9.7 km SW 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 (Brinon-sur-Beuvron): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Champlemy): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Brinon-sur-Beuvron): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Prémery): 9.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Brinon-sur-Beuvron): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PREMERY weather station, 8.8 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 250 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at PREMERY, 8.8 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 908 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PREMERY, 8.8 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58013/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58013/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58013/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58013/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58041
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58053
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58218
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montamel46330 km SW908.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Ronchères8951 km NW866.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Peux-et-Couffouleux12388 km S862.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lugo-di-Nazza2B740 km SE854.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gal48286 km S8912.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antonin06463 km SE8512.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ronchères8951 km NW866.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gal48286 km S8912.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Montamel46330 km SW908.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Peux-et-Couffouleux12388 km S862.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antonin06463 km SE8512.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Lugo-di-Nazza2B740 km SE854.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Arthel'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ronchères8951 km NW866.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chougny5832 km SE856.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Grenois5812 km NE935.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle19262 km SW952.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Burbanche01226 km SE9812.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Isenay5844 km SE945.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %