Arnave
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Arnave (INSEE 09016) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays de Tarascon. Population 208 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 59 % of the 16,179 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.86 | 10 | 8.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.38 | 5 | 1.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
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, 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 | 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 | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 213 (2012) → 208 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 153 (1990) → 208 (2023): 35.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 30.8 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mercus-Garrabet): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Mercus-Garrabet): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Tarascon-sur-Ariège): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Arnave): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the TARASCON SUR AR weather station, 4.1 km away at 475 m; the village itself is at 572 m. [11]
The village sits 97 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COS, 14.6 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 53 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at TARASCON SUR AR, 4.1 km away at 475 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 — 09016/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09016/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09016/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09016/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09188
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09306
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09016
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-Capcèze | 48 | 254 km NE | 206 | 21.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre | 18 | 513 km N | 202 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Prunières | 48 | 258 km NE | 226 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 18 % |
| Escos | 64 | 225 km W | 237 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 43 % · humidity 7 % |
| Entrevernes | 74 | 487 km NE | 191 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches | 71 | 508 km NE | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escos | 64 | 225 km W | 237 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 43 % · humidity 7 % |
| Saint-André-Capcèze | 48 | 254 km NE | 206 | 21.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prunières | 48 | 258 km NE | 226 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 18 % |
| Entrevernes | 74 | 487 km NE | 191 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches | 71 | 508 km NE | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre | 18 | 513 km N | 202 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Arnave'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bompas | 09 | 2.8 km NW | 206 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Alzen | 09 | 21 km NW | 262 | 21.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ormoy | 70 | 654 km NE | 205 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roche-et-Raucourt | 70 | 618 km NE | 153 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cornod | 39 | 493 km NE | 213 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Forestière | 51 | 663 km N | 209 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
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