Arc-sous-Cicon

Doubs · CC Entre Doubs et Loue · INSEE 25025

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

Partly served 58/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arc-sous-Cicon (INSEE 25025) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Entre Doubs et Loue. Population 768 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/25025-arc-sous-cicon

Vitality score

Vitality score 58/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 15,882 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DE VOITRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (L'EVIDENCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MANON BRACHOTTE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LISE BOLOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (FERME DE LA RASSE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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)	1	DE VOITRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	L'EVIDENCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	MANON BRACHOTTE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LISE BOLOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	FERME DE LA RASSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 648 2023: 768 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 663 (2012) → 768 (2023): 15.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 507 (1990) → 768 (2023): 51.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 11.1 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 5.7 km NWPharmacy — 5.8 km NW 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 (Les Premiers Sapins): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arc-sous-Cicon): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Arc-sous-Cicon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Premiers Sapins): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arc-sous-Cicon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 83.8

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the EPENOY weather station, 8.5 km away at 752 m; the village itself is at 794 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EPENOY, 8.5 km away at 752 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,345 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at EPENOY, 8.5 km away at 752 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 — 25025/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25025/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25025/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25025/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25424
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25025
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
Mennetou-sur-Cher	41	342 km W	818	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Almenêches	61	502 km NW	638	59.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Bellignies	59	412 km NW	810	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Rosiers-d'Égletons	19	384 km SW	1,083	41.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Vesly	50	634 km NW	728	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Antully	71	150 km W	789	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Antully	71	150 km W	789	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mennetou-sur-Cher	41	342 km W	818	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Rosiers-d'Égletons	19	384 km SW	1,083	41.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Bellignies	59	412 km NW	810	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Almenêches	61	502 km NW	638	59.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Vesly	50	634 km NW	728	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Arc-sous-Cicon'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
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	304 km SW	839	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tauves	63	333 km SW	684	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Prunet	15	391 km SW	683	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Allanche	15	334 km SW	773	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Courtine	23	350 km SW	707	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Brigue	06	346 km S	763	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/25025-arc-sous-cicon