Arbigny-sous-Varennes

Identity

Arbigny-sous-Varennes (INSEE 52015) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC des Savoir-Faire. Population 87 (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/52015-arbigny-sous-varennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 3.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 9,243 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 89 (2012) → 87 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 87 (2023): -28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 40.7 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pierremont-sur-Amance): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Haute-Amance): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fayl-Billot): 8.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fayl-Billot): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Varennes-sur-Amance): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FAYL-BILLOT_SAPC weather station, 8.4 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 260 m. ^[12]

The village sits 87 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °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 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FAYL-BILLOT_SAPC, 8.4 km away at 347 m, over 16 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 87 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TERRE-NATALE, 4.5 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

12 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 55,000 € — 345 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Haute-Marne is 833 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52015/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52015/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52015/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52015/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52388
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52242
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52197
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52504
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025