Arc-en-Barrois

Haute-Marne · CC des Trois Forêts · INSEE 52017

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

Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arc-en-Barrois (INSEE 52017) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC des Trois Forêts. Population 671 (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/52017-arc-en-barrois

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 16,584 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.27	10	2.68
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LA SUCCULENTE · LILI). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (COTTON BERNADETTE · HOTEL DU PARC). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANÇOISE COLOMB, MÉDECIN · ROGER NASR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PARC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ART COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU PARC). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE VIEUX MOULIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE LA SUCCULENTE · LILI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SO'REST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	COTTON BERNADETTE · HOTEL DU PARC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	FRANÇOISE COLOMB, MÉDECIN · ROGER NASR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU PARC	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	1	ART COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU PARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE VIEUX MOULIN	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: 801 peak 1999: 898 2023: 671 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 790 (2012) → 671 (2023): -15.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 874 (1990) → 671 (2023): -23.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 464, of which 23.5 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 11.9 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 (Arc-en-Barrois): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arc-en-Barrois): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arc-en-Barrois): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteauvillain): 11.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arc-en-Barrois): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.6

Days at or below 0 °C 78.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT-LOUP-SUR-AUJON_SAPC weather station, 8.7 km away at 310 m; the village itself is at 270 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT-SEMOUTIERS, 16.2 km away at 294 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARC-EN-BARROIS, 0.6 km away at 297 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 — 52017/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52017/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52017/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52017/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52017
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52114
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
Durban-Corbières	11	577 km S	649	60.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 24 % · humidity 21 %
Ayen	19	411 km SW	717	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	464 km SW	709	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 26 %
Clelles	38	350 km S	596	61.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Adriers	86	370 km SW	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Châteldon	63	247 km SW	740	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châteldon	63	247 km SW	740	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Clelles	38	350 km S	596	61.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Adriers	86	370 km SW	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Ayen	19	411 km SW	717	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	464 km SW	709	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 26 %
Durban-Corbières	11	577 km S	649	60.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 24 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Arc-en-Barrois'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
Fénétrange	57	179 km NE	639	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	214 km S	635	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Amance	70	80 km E	669	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Colombey les Deux Églises	52	32 km N	661	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Combeaufontaine	70	71 km E	571	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Vaudoué	77	190 km W	731	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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