Arcizans-Avant

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves · INSEE 65021

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 27.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arcizans-Avant (INSEE 65021) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. Population 397 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/65021-arcizans-avant

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 18,022 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.22	5	1.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL AUBERGE LE CABALIROS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ PIERROT). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE CABALIROS). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES CHATAIGNIERS · CAMPING DU LAC - CHALET DU LAC). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	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	1	SARL AUBERGE LE CABALIROS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ PIERROT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE CABALIROS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LES CHATAIGNIERS · CAMPING DU LAC - CHALET DU LAC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 185 2023: 397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 375 (2012) → 397 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 258 (1990) → 397 (2023): 53.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 38.9 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.4 km NEPrimary school — 1.6 km NEBakery — 1.8 km WGP — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.3 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 (Arras-en-Lavedan): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Argelès-Gazost): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argelès-Gazost): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Argelès-Gazost): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Argelès-Gazost): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AYROS ARBOUIX weather station, 3.1 km away at 478 m; the village itself is at 627 m. ^[10]

The village sits 149 m above 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. ^[10]

An average of 1,085 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AYROS ARBOUIX, 3.1 km away at 478 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 — 65021/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65021/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65021/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65021/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65025
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
Combes	34	264 km E	318	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %
Fressies	59	846 km N	571	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Martin	67	827 km NE	374	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières	73	579 km NE	404	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Chauzon	07	395 km NE	422	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 93 %
Valle-di-Campoloro	2B	788 km E	336	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 51 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Combes	34	264 km E	318	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %
Chauzon	07	395 km NE	422	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières	73	579 km NE	404	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Valle-di-Campoloro	2B	788 km E	336	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 51 %
Saint-Martin	67	827 km NE	374	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 65 %
Fressies	59	846 km N	571	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %

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