Arlanc

Identity

Arlanc (INSEE 63010) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 1,785 (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/63010-arlanc

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 10,369 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU RESPECT DES TRADITIONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHADENAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DONOMA · AU DIVERTY'S). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE SKALI). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN AUGUSTE SENEZE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIEN BRONSTEIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BILUPO). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME · COMPLEXE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · ARLANC DE GAULLE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE LIVRADOIS). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,924 (2012) → 1,785 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,085 (1990) → 1,785 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,379, of which 19.5 % second homes and 18.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Arlanc): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arlanc): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arlanc): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arlanc): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arlanc): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 116 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MARSAC-EN-LIVRA weather station, 7.2 km away at 540 m; the village itself is at 609 m. ^[9]

The village sits 69 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AMBERT, 11.5 km away at 555 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MARSAC-EN-LIVRA, 7.2 km away at 540 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63010/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63010/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63010/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63010/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63010
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024