Arcens

Ardèche · CC Val Eyrieux · INSEE 07012

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arcens (INSEE 07012) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val Eyrieux. Population 346 (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/07012-arcens

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 18,035 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.22	10	2.22
Housing mix	0.07	5	0.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (SITE DE BAIGNADE L EYSSE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	ARCENS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	SITE DE BAIGNADE L EYSSE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 576 2023: 346 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 360 (2012) → 346 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 479 (1990) → 346 (2023): -27.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 351, of which 46.4 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.9 km NEBakery — 5.2 km NEPharmacy — 5.2 km NEGP — 5.4 km NE 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-Martin-de-Valamas): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-Valamas): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Martin-de-Valamas): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-de-Valamas): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arcens): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20

Days at or below 0 °C 71.8

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHEYLARD SA weather station, 8.9 km away at 418 m; the village itself is at 625 m. ^[10]

The village sits 207 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHEYLARD SA, 8.9 km away at 418 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 207 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 1,204 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARCENS, 1.8 km away at 653 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 — 07012/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07012/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07012/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07012/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07012
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
La Souche	07	32 km S	385	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Turriers	04	156 km E	345	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Orpierre	05	126 km SE	316	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Ongles	04	148 km SE	358	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Serdinya	66	305 km SW	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde	84	86 km SE	339	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Souche	07	32 km S	385	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde	84	86 km SE	339	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Orpierre	05	126 km SE	316	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Ongles	04	148 km SE	358	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Turriers	04	156 km E	345	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Serdinya	66	305 km SW	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Arcens'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
Varennes-sur-Amance	52	348 km N	255	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Melay	52	352 km N	240	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Molesme	21	337 km N	278	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vandenesse	58	228 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Privezac	12	178 km W	350	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Laferté-sur-Aube	52	357 km N	306	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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