Orches

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86182

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

No daily shops 19.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orches (INSEE 86182) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 353 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 18,024 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.43	10	4.34
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

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 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ORCHES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ORCHES	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	ORCHES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 437 2023: 353 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 389 (2012) → 353 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 378 (1990) → 353 (2023): -6.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 227, of which 7.9 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.8 km NEFood shop — 6.8 km EGP — 6.8 km EPharmacy — 7.0 km E 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 (Saint-Christophe): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Orches): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

Muggy days a summer 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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOUSSAY weather station, 4.1 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOUSSAY, 4.1 km away at 95 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 616 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DOUSSAY, 4.1 km away at 95 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 — 86182/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86182/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86182/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86182/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86182
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
Courcelles-la-Forêt	72	103 km N	397	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Caupenne	40	365 km S	402	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 %
Thevet-Saint-Julien	36	136 km E	396	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Authon-Ébéon	17	129 km SW	410	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	83 km N	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Ambernac	16	102 km S	381	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	83 km N	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Ambernac	16	102 km S	381	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Courcelles-la-Forêt	72	103 km N	397	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Authon-Ébéon	17	129 km SW	410	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Thevet-Saint-Julien	36	136 km E	396	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Caupenne	40	365 km S	402	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 %

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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 Orches'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
Thevet-Saint-Julien	36	136 km E	396	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ambernac	16	102 km S	381	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montigny	18	183 km E	316	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villegouin	36	81 km E	325	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Morogues	18	177 km E	424	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Paulnay	36	63 km E	348	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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