Arvieu

Aveyron · CC de Lévézou Pareloup · INSEE 12011

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arvieu (INSEE 12011) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC de Lévézou Pareloup. Population 774 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12011-arvieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,847 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.37
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DE LA CALMETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA PLAGE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE CANTOU D'ARVIEU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE PARELOUP). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL GAUBERT · HOTEL AU BON ACCUEIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	RESTAURANT DE LA CALMETTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BAR DE LA PLAGE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ARVIEU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LE CANTOU D'ARVIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	LAC DE PARELOUP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	HOTEL GAUBERT · HOTEL AU BON ACCUEIL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING BELLEVUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,234 2023: 774 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 820 (2012) → 774 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 925 (1990) → 774 (2023): -16.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 687, of which 36.7 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 7.4 km WPharmacy — 7.6 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 (Arvieu): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arvieu): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Salmiech): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Salmiech): 7.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arvieu): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 46.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CANET-DE-SALARS_SAPC weather station, 7.6 km away at 860 m; the village itself is at 710 m. ^[10]

The village sits 150 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. ^[10]

An average of 977 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARVIEU, 4.3 km away at 733 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 — 12011/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12011/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12011/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12011/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12255
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
Araules	43	156 km NE	620	57.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 9 %
Najac	12	55 km W	771	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	65 km NW	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 65 %
Couëtron-au-Perche	41	449 km N	1,043	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Massegros Causses Gorges	48	43 km E	935	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 49 %
Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon	04	291 km E	786	63	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Massegros Causses Gorges	48	43 km E	935	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 49 %
Najac	12	55 km W	771	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	65 km NW	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 65 %
Araules	43	156 km NE	620	57.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 9 %
Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon	04	291 km E	786	63	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %
Couëtron-au-Perche	41	449 km N	1,043	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %

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