Arques

Aude · CC du Limouxin · INSEE 11015

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

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arques (INSEE 11015) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 248 (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/11015-arques

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,170 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.68	10	6.81
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (INNATURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	ARQUES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARQUES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	INNATURE	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: 210 peak 2007: 260 2023: 248 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 252 (2012) → 248 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 210 (1990) → 248 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 287, of which 56.8 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.8 km SWGP — 5.8 km SWBakery — 7.7 km SEPharmacy — 9.8 km W 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 (Fourtou): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rennes-les-Bains): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rennes-les-Bains): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Couiza): 9.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Arques): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.4

Days at or below 0 °C 24.5

Muggy days a summer 7.2

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VILLARDEBELLE_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 363 m. ^[12]

The village sits 230 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VILLARDEBELLE_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 593 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 230 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARQUES, 0.1 km away at 350 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11015
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-Pierre-des-Champs	11	22 km NE	213	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Aumessas	30	147 km NE	263	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Limeuil	24	246 km NW	342	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Bayons	04	341 km NE	199	8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 22 % · humidity 50 %
Belvis	11	27 km SW	166	10.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %
Moriez	04	349 km E	238	17.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-des-Champs	11	22 km NE	213	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Belvis	11	27 km SW	166	10.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %
Aumessas	30	147 km NE	263	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Limeuil	24	246 km NW	342	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Bayons	04	341 km NE	199	8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 22 % · humidity 50 %
Moriez	04	349 km E	238	17.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Arques'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
Lauroux	34	118 km NE	214	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Soulatgé	11	13 km SE	126	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Clara-Villerach	66	41 km S	265	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette	34	122 km NE	151	10.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Goudon	65	177 km W	250	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Lecumberry	64	287 km W	196	12.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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