Arçais

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79010

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arçais (INSEE 79010) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 615 (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/79010-arcais

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,957 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.6	10	5.98
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.38

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LES VIANDES DU MARAIS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA VENISE VERTE · LE PATIO D'ARCAIS · MA GOURMANDISE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARÇAIS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DE FLORE). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA TAILLEE · CAMPING D'ARCAIS LA TAILLEE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL LES VIANDES DU MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	AUBERGE DE LA VENISE VERTE · LE PATIO D'ARCAIS · MA GOURMANDISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	ARCAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARÇAIS	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	DOMAINE DE FLORE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA TAILLEE · CAMPING D'ARCAIS LA TAILLEE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 718 2023: 615 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 606 (2012) → 615 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 560 (1990) → 615 (2023): 9.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 465, of which 26.2 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 4.2 km SWGP — 4.3 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 (Le Vanneau-Irleau): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arçais): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Arçais): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 37.4

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRIN-DEYRANCON_SAPC weather station, 7.5 km away at 8 m; the village itself is at 12 m. ^[11]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PRIN-DEYRANCON_SAPC, 7.5 km away at 8 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 — 79010/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79010/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79010/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79010/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79337
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79257
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
Sceaux-du-Gâtinais	45	319 km NE	606	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Courniou	34	413 km SE	610	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Lanvellec	22	336 km NW	608	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 97 %
Causses-et-Veyran	34	432 km SE	613	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Laurent-du-Cros	05	561 km E	580	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 %
Blauvac	84	526 km SE	573	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sceaux-du-Gâtinais	45	319 km NE	606	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Lanvellec	22	336 km NW	608	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 97 %
Courniou	34	413 km SE	610	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Causses-et-Veyran	34	432 km SE	613	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 %
Blauvac	84	526 km SE	573	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Laurent-du-Cros	05	561 km E	580	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 %

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