Arbas

Haute-Garonne · CC Cagire Garonne Salat · INSEE 31011

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arbas (INSEE 31011) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Cagire Garonne Salat. Population 285 (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/31011-arbas

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,723 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.19	5	0.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MULTISERVICES VALLEE DE L'ARBAS). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARBAS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (LA FERME D'OULAN'BAT). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MULTISERVICES VALLEE DE L'ARBAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ARBAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	LA FERME D'OULAN'BAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 213 2023: 285 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 227 (2012) → 285 (2023): 25.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 158 (1990) → 285 (2023): 80.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 249, of which 40.6 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km NEPharmacy — 8.8 km WGP — 9.9 km NE 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 (Urau): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arbas): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prat-Bonrepaux): 9.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Aspet): 8.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Arbas): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.8

Days at or below 0 °C 47

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FOS weather station, 19.5 km away at 544 m; the village itself is at 407 m. ^[12]

The village sits 137 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]

An average of 1,190 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARBAS, 0.2 km away at 402 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 — 31011/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31011/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31011/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31011/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31562
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 31020
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
Ribaute	11	141 km E	262	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 65 %
Moussages	15	279 km NE	247	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 42 %
Ceilhes-et-Rocozels	34	199 km NE	242	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %
Orpierre	05	412 km E	316	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 23 %
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas	43	312 km NE	267	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 0 %
Les Martys	11	123 km NE	309	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Martys	11	123 km NE	309	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 81 %
Ribaute	11	141 km E	262	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 65 %
Ceilhes-et-Rocozels	34	199 km NE	242	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %
Moussages	15	279 km NE	247	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 42 %
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas	43	312 km NE	267	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 0 %
Orpierre	05	412 km E	316	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 23 %

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