Arbouans

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25020

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

No daily shops 16/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arbouans (INSEE 25020) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 876 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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/25020-arbouans

Vitality score

Vitality score 16/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 15,122 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	5	0
Population trend	0.24	10	2.39
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (ESPRIT ORIGINAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (CHARME HOTEL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ESPRIT ORIGINAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHARME HOTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 1,019 peak 1990: 1,185 2023: 876 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 966 (2012) → 876 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,185 (1990) → 876 (2023): -26.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 489, of which 1.2 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NFood shop — 0.7 km SEGP — 0.8 km NEPharmacy — 1.1 km E 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 (Montbéliard): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Audincourt): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montbéliard): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Audincourt): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arbouans): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.8

Days at or below 0 °C 71.8

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTBELIARD weather station, 1.8 km away at 318 m; the village itself is at 317 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 1.8 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTBELIARD, 1.8 km away at 318 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 — 25020/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25020/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25020/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25020/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25388
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25020
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
Aigremont	78	388 km NW	1,075	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boisemont	95	395 km NW	892	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bonneuil-en-France	95	364 km NW	1,185	40.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Marnes-la-Coquette	92	375 km NW	1,752	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Leimbach	68	40 km NE	928	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais	95	417 km NW	878	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Leimbach	68	40 km NE	928	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bonneuil-en-France	95	364 km NW	1,185	40.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Marnes-la-Coquette	92	375 km NW	1,752	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Aigremont	78	388 km NW	1,075	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boisemont	95	395 km NW	892	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais	95	417 km NW	878	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Arbouans'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
Aigremont	78	388 km NW	1,075	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boisemont	95	395 km NW	892	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Leimbach	68	40 km NE	928	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lachapelle-sous-Chaux	90	24 km N	745	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Kindwiller	67	164 km N	653	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Urschenheim	68	84 km NE	808	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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