Arvieux

Identity

Arvieux (INSEE 05007) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 340 (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/05007-arvieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 18,081 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE LA ROCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE JAMBEROUTE · LA CUISINE DE MIMIE · CHEZ MARIUS · LE BISTRO LA CASSE DESERTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE L'IZOARD). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL-RESTAURANT LA FERME DE L'IZOARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L IZOARD). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 371 (2012) → 340 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 338 (1990) → 340 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 810, of which 75.6 % second homes and 0.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Arvieux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arvieux): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aiguilles): 10.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aiguilles): 10.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arvieux): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 168 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARVIEUX LA CHALP weather station, 1.6 km away at 1,690 m; the village itself is at 1,561 m. ^[10]

The village sits 129 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °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 ARVIEUX LA CHALP, 1.6 km away at 1,690 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 129 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 887 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARVIEUX LA CHALP, 1.6 km away at 1,690 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05007/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05007/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05007/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05007/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05007
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05003
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024