Arcins

Gironde · CC Médoc Estuaire · INSEE 33010

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

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arcins (INSEE 33010) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Estuaire. Population 540 (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/33010-arcins

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,580 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LA CRIEE DU MEDOC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE LION D'OR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LA CRIEE DU MEDOC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LE LION D'OR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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

1968: 242 2023: 540 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 439 (2012) → 540 (2023): 23 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 304 (1990) → 540 (2023): 77.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 2.2 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km SEGP — 2.0 km NBakery — 2.4 km NPharmacy — 5.1 km SW 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 (Lamarque): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arcins): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lamarque): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Avensan): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Arcins): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 21.2

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PAUILLAC-SUD weather station, 12.9 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 12.9 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT MEDOC, 11.2 km away at 8 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 — 33010/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33010/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33010/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33010/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33220
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33022
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
Touvérac	16	53 km NE	583	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Chabrignac	19	164 km E	542	40	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 9 % · humidity 43 %
Beillé	72	348 km N	542	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Grézillac	33	49 km SE	693	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Ponsas	26	437 km E	523	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Os-Marsillon	64	188 km S	547	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grézillac	33	49 km SE	693	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Touvérac	16	53 km NE	583	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Chabrignac	19	164 km E	542	40	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 9 % · humidity 43 %
Os-Marsillon	64	188 km S	547	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Beillé	72	348 km N	542	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Ponsas	26	437 km E	523	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Arcins'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
Générac	33	18 km NE	549	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Armou	64	188 km S	609	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genès-de-Blaye	33	12 km NE	491	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gotein-Libarrenx	64	210 km S	479	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Barinque	64	189 km S	580	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germé	32	162 km S	515	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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