Arrigas
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Arrigas (INSEE 30017) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays Viganais. Population 219 (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 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 77 % of the 16,520 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.51 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE CAFE DE L'AVENIR). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARRIGAS). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 CAFE DE L'AVENIR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARRIGAS | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 201 (2012) → 219 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 175 (1990) → 219 (2023): 25.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 269, of which 55.8 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Arre): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Alzon): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Bez-et-Esparon): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Arre): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Aumessas): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ALZON weather station, 3.1 km away at 611 m; the village itself is at 489 m. [12]
The village sits 122 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MONTDARDIER, 9.3 km away at 640 m, over 14 summers. [12]
That station sits 151 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,350 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ALZON, 3.1 km away at 611 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30017/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30017/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30017/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30017/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30016
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30009
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30038
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brezons | 15 | 121 km NW | 177 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moissac-Vallée-Française | 48 | 31 km NE | 216 | 32.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Gérons | 15 | 147 km NW | 220 | 21.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Farinole | 2B | 496 km E | 236 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Maurice-d'Ibie | 07 | 98 km NE | 212 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Occhiatana | 2B | 474 km E | 235 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moissac-Vallée-Française | 48 | 31 km NE | 216 | 32.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Maurice-d'Ibie | 07 | 98 km NE | 212 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Brezons | 15 | 121 km NW | 177 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Gérons | 15 | 147 km NW | 220 | 21.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Occhiatana | 2B | 474 km E | 235 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 % |
| Farinole | 2B | 496 km E | 236 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Arrigas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 07 | 82 km NE | 262 | 35.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sénezergues | 15 | 117 km NW | 212 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rivèrenert | 09 | 215 km SW | 208 | 21.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Lavit | 48 | 42 km NE | 104 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ventalon en Cévennes | 48 | 45 km NE | 253 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buxeuil | 36 | 376 km N | 214 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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