Saint-Arnac
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 15.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Arnac (INSEE 66169) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Agly Fenouillèdes. Population 99 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 15.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 10,519 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.33 | 5 | 1.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
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. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 121 (2012) → 99 (2023): -18.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 65 (1990) → 99 (2023): 52.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 33.7 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Ansignan): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST PAUL FENOUIL weather station, 4 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 318 m. [10]
The village sits 113 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST PAUL FENOUIL, 4 km away at 205 m, over 10 summers. [10]
That station sits 113 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 676 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST PAUL FENOUIL, 4 km away at 205 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 — 66169/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66169/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66169/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66169/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66187
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66006
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greffeil | 11 | 36 km N | 100 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fraisse-Cabardès | 11 | 64 km N | 104 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Seich | 65 | 168 km W | 89 | 12 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 % |
| Prugnanes | 66 | 9.4 km NW | 90 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fenouillet | 66 | 12 km W | 100 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Planèzes | 66 | 7.5 km E | 99 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planèzes | 66 | 7.5 km E | 99 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prugnanes | 66 | 9.4 km NW | 90 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fenouillet | 66 | 12 km W | 100 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Greffeil | 11 | 36 km N | 100 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fraisse-Cabardès | 11 | 64 km N | 104 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Seich | 65 | 168 km W | 89 | 12 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Saint-Arnac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taurize | 11 | 33 km N | 108 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lesquerde | 66 | 2.4 km N | 141 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Limousis | 11 | 63 km N | 121 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vignevieille | 11 | 25 km N | 107 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labastide-en-Val | 11 | 33 km N | 88 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sallèles-Cabardès | 11 | 61 km N | 110 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
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