Puy-d'Arnac

Identity

Puy-d'Arnac (INSEE 19169) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Midi Corrézien. Population 296 (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/19169-puy-d-arnac

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,802 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

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

1 × Café / bar (TSOPELO). ^[4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 273 (2012) → 296 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 300 (1990) → 296 (2023): -1.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 235, of which 36.2 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sioniac): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Pescher): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Puy-d'Arnac): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BRANCEILLES weather station, 6.5 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 307 m. ^[12]

The village sits 117 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °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 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BRANCEILLES, 6.5 km away at 190 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 117 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BRANCEILLES, 6.5 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19169/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19169/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19169/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19169/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19260
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19163
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19019
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19169
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024