Arc-lès-Gray

Haute-Saône · CC Val de Gray · INSEE 70026

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

Partly served 50.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arc-lès-Gray (INSEE 70026) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Val de Gray. Population 2,393 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/70026-arc-les-gray

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 69 % of the 8,500 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.27	10	2.67
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARCOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ARCOISE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · NETTO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CAFE DU BALCON · FAMILY PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC LA CONCORDE · CAFE DU BALCON). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRUNO BEGEY, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ROCH HUET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE PERCEVAL-OLIVIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA CROISEE). ^[3,4]

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

7 × Hairdresser (KATY COIFFURE · ESTELLE COIFFURE · L'HAIR DU TEMPS · L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ARCOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'ARCOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ALDI MARCHE · NETTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	CAFE DU BALCON · FAMILY PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BAR TABAC LA CONCORDE · CAFE DU BALCON	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L.PERGAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	BRUNO BEGEY, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ROCH HUET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE PERCEVAL-OLIVIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA CROISEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	7	KATY COIFFURE · ESTELLE COIFFURE · L'HAIR DU TEMPS · L'ATELIER COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

1968: 3,108 peak 1982: 3,220 2023: 2,393 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,541 (2012) → 2,393 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,121 (1990) → 2,393 (2023): -23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,411, of which 0.9 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.6 km SE 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-lès-Gray): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arc-lès-Gray): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arc-lès-Gray): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arc-lès-Gray): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arc-lès-Gray): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 50.6

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHARGEY-LES-GRAY weather station, 5.7 km away at 244 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[9]

The village sits 51 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °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 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHARGEY-LES-GRAY, 5.7 km away at 244 m, over 28 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHARGEY-LES-GRAY, 5.7 km away at 244 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70026
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
Avesnelles	59	319 km N	2,232	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vrigne aux Bois	08	259 km N	3,518	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Schirmeck	67	166 km NE	2,056	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bénéjacq	64	656 km SW	2,013	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Rothau	67	164 km NE	1,471	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-à-Marcq	59	385 km NW	3,016	53.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rothau	67	164 km NE	1,471	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Schirmeck	67	166 km NE	2,056	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vrigne aux Bois	08	259 km N	3,518	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Avesnelles	59	319 km N	2,232	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-à-Marcq	59	385 km NW	3,016	53.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bénéjacq	64	656 km SW	2,013	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · 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-lès-Gray'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
Vrigne aux Bois	08	259 km N	3,518	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cherré-Au	72	376 km W	2,758	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Damparis	39	45 km S	2,587	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hanches	28	320 km NW	2,696	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Thann	68	122 km E	2,866	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Pierres	28	324 km NW	2,788	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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