Arrien-en-Bethmale

Identity

Arrien-en-Bethmale (INSEE 09017) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 134 (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/09017-arrien-en-bethmale

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 13,199 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA CORE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 106 (2012) → 134 (2023): 26.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 89 (1990) → 134 (2023): 50.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 60.3 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Castillon-en-Couserans): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Castillon-en-Couserans): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Castillon-en-Couserans): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Girons): 12.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Castillon-en-Couserans): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUGIREIN weather station, 10.7 km away at 655 m; the village itself is at 691 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 13.2 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 277 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,266 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BONAC-IRAZEIN, 6.5 km away at 850 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 70,000 € — 1,296 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Ariège is 1,295 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09017/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09017/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09017/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09017/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09085
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09261
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025