Aranc

Ain · CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération · INSEE 01012

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aranc (INSEE 01012) is in Ain (01), part of CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération. Population 331 (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/01012-aranc

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,007 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	0.64	10	6.37
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.93

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE D'ARANC). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARANC	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	1	AUBERGE D'ARANC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 296 2023: 331 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 311 (2012) → 331 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 291 (1990) → 331 (2023): 13.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 20.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.6 km EFood shop — 7.6 km EPharmacy — 7.6 km EGP — 7.9 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 (Plateau d'Hauteville): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plateau d'Hauteville): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plateau d'Hauteville): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Plateau d'Hauteville): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aranc): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.1

Days at or below 0 °C 103.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST RAMBERT CG01 weather station, 6.9 km away at 296 m; the village itself is at 779 m. ^[10]

The village sits 483 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST RAMBERT CG01, 6.9 km away at 296 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 483 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,307 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST RAMBERT CG01, 6.9 km away at 296 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01012/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01012/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01012/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01012/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01012
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
Ternay	41	408 km NW	331	22	Few services	no figures
La Chapelle	73	88 km SE	326	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Achères	18	273 km NW	326	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Sabarat	09	459 km SW	361	21	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 34 %
Traize	73	41 km SE	335	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Omerville	95	450 km NW	327	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Traize	73	41 km SE	335	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle	73	88 km SE	326	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Achères	18	273 km NW	326	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Ternay	41	408 km NW	331	22	Few services	no figures
Omerville	95	450 km NW	327	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Sabarat	09	459 km SW	361	21	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 34 %

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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 Aranc'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
Biffontaine	88	264 km N	390	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Puygros	73	63 km SE	406	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Thuile	73	67 km SE	353	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vitrac	63	203 km W	336	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villards-d'Héria	39	49 km N	397	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Val-d'Esnoms	52	189 km N	347	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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