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ArcompsCher

A town of 280 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Arcomps a good place to live?

Arcomps is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Arcomps’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Arcomps’ story

No historic monuments in Arcomps

The Culture ministry lists no building in Arcomps as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Paul, in Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux, 2.2 mi away.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arcomps.

Who lives here

Arcomps has fewer young adults than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, close to Cher’s towns (20%) and below compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. Ages in Arcomps split evenly at 50.6: half are older, half younger.

50.6median age
ArcompsCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Arcomps
ArcompsCher medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–248.4%9.2%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+21%29%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education22%20%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Arcomps, 5.2%, runs below Cher’s towns and compared French towns

For its 150 residents in work, Arcomps has 50 jobs: 0.4 each. 0.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,520 a year per consumption unit.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving97%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Arcomps, 0.4 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Arcomps than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.24/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Arcomps: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€7.24/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Arcomps€7.24/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€7.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.49 to €9.54/m² a month)
€6.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Arcomps

12pages on Arcomps

Landmarks

Nothing in Arcomps is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Arcomps

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arcomps yet.

How we find them →

Arcomps’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Cher →
Saint-Amand-MontrondDun-sur-AuronSaint-Amand-MontrondDun-sur-AuronArcomps
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Arcomps280—————
Saint-Amand-Montrond9,8995.8B−ACC+
Dun-sur-Auron3,52417AA−A−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Arcomps

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Arcomps is a commune of 280 people in the Communauté de communes Berry Grand Sud. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
280 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Berry Grand Sud
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
7.9 sq mi (20.6 km²)
INSEE code
18009

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.