Arvigna

Identity

Arvigna (INSEE 09022) is in Ariège (09), part of CC des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Population 238 (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/09022-arvigna

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 16,971 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE CLOS SAINT MARTIN - LA METAIRIE). ^[3]

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 233 (2012) → 238 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 149 (1990) → 238 (2023): 59.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 7.5 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rieucros): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Verniolle): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Pujols): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Tour-du-Crieu): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vira): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ARVIGNA weather station, 0.6 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 320 m. ^[13]

The village sits 50 m below 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ARVIGNA, 0.6 km away at 370 m, over 15 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 50 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ARVIGNA, 0.6 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09022/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09022/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09022/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09022/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09244
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09332
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09238
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09312
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09340
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024