Arquettes-en-Val
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Arquettes-en-Val (INSEE 11016) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 83 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 7.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 15 % of the 8,780 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.25 | 10 | 2.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.65 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARQUETTES-EN-VAL MAIRIE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARQUETTES-EN-VAL MAIRIE | 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 | 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 | 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 91 (2012) → 83 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 111 (1990) → 83 (2023): -25.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 85, of which 23.5 % second homes and 24.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lagrasse): 9.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Serviès-en-Val): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Serviès-en-Val): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Serviès-en-Val): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Serviès-en-Val): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ARQUETTES-EN-VAL weather station, 0.3 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 259 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ARQUETTES-EN-VAL, 0.3 km away at 240 m, over 18 summers. [10]
An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ARQUETTES-EN-VAL, 0.3 km away at 240 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 — 11016/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11016/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11016/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11016/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11185
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11378
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquefort-les-Cascades | 09 | 63 km W | 80 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pierrefitte | 19 | 267 km N | 93 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 % |
| Poiseul-la-Grange | 21 | 529 km N | 75 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 % |
| Prusy | 10 | 554 km N | 84 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 23 % |
| Ponsan-Soubiran | 32 | 166 km W | 80 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nesle-et-Massoult | 21 | 541 km N | 78 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquefort-les-Cascades | 09 | 63 km W | 80 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ponsan-Soubiran | 32 | 166 km W | 80 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pierrefitte | 19 | 267 km N | 93 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 % |
| Poiseul-la-Grange | 21 | 529 km N | 75 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 % |
| Nesle-et-Massoult | 21 | 541 km N | 78 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 % |
| Prusy | 10 | 554 km N | 84 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 23 % |
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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 Arquettes-en-Val'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lannemaignan | 32 | 235 km NW | 105 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gaujac | 32 | 142 km W | 76 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cadeillan | 32 | 139 km W | 85 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Brès | 32 | 159 km NW | 70 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazian | 32 | 187 km W | 97 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avezan | 32 | 162 km NW | 86 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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