Arques

Aveyron · CC du Pays de Salars · INSEE 12010

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

No daily shops 19.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arques (INSEE 12010) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC du Pays de Salars. Population 159 (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 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 14,517 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.69
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE GARDY). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE GARDY). ^[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]

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	1	LE GARDY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE GARDY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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

1968: 166 2023: 159 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 120 (2012) → 159 (2023): 32.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 136 (1990) → 159 (2023): 16.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 17.4 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.6 km WBakery — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 7.2 km NFood shop — 7.3 km NGP — 7.3 km N 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 (Ségur): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Laissac-Sévérac l'Église): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Vibal): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 71.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERTHOLENE weather station, 8 km away at 665 m; the village itself is at 765 m. ^[11]

The village sits 100 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]

An average of 1,030 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERTHOLENE, 8 km away at 665 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 — 12010/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12010/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12010/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12010/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12266
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12297
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
Le Planquay	27	561 km N	158	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 61 %
Girondelle	08	626 km N	153	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Lhoumois	79	349 km NW	157	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Avit-de-Vialard	24	168 km NW	152	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 95 %
Cahan	61	562 km NW	161	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Franc	73	266 km NE	155	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Avit-de-Vialard	24	168 km NW	152	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Franc	73	266 km NE	155	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Lhoumois	79	349 km NW	157	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 70 %
Le Planquay	27	561 km N	158	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 61 %
Cahan	61	562 km NW	161	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Girondelle	08	626 km N	153	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %

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