Arith
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Arith (INSEE 73020) is in Savoie (73), part of CA du Grand Chambéry. Population 456 (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/73020-arith
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 17,933 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 | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.52 | 5 | 2.62 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (REFUGE DU CREUX DE LACHAT). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ARITH). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | REFUGE DU CREUX DE LACHAT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ARITH | INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 394 (2012) → 456 (2023): 15.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 277 (1990) → 456 (2023): 64.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 23.8 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Arith): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lescheraines): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Lescheraines): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Le Châtelard): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Arith): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LESCHERAINES weather station, 1.9 km away at 591 m; the village itself is at 733 m. [11]
The village sits 142 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FECLAZ_SAPC, 10.9 km away at 1,328 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 595 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,363 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LESCHERAINES, 1.9 km away at 591 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73020/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73020/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73020/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73020/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73020
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73081
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Menoux | 36 | 360 km W | 401 | 31.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Contrevoz | 01 | 37 km W | 494 | 35 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Wingen | 67 | 390 km N | 445 | 33 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 % |
| Castelnau-Durban | 09 | 483 km SW | 458 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Chapelle-Aubareil | 24 | 391 km W | 542 | 39.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cipières | 06 | 226 km S | 393 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contrevoz | 01 | 37 km W | 494 | 35 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cipières | 06 | 226 km S | 393 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Menoux | 36 | 360 km W | 401 | 31.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Wingen | 67 | 390 km N | 445 | 33 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Aubareil | 24 | 391 km W | 542 | 39.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Castelnau-Durban | 09 | 483 km SW | 458 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Arith'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergezac | 43 | 199 km W | 470 | 29.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellecombe-en-Bauges | 73 | 5.1 km NE | 793 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonvillard | 73 | 22 km SE | 351 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Remoray-Boujeons | 25 | 118 km N | 466 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nantes-en-Ratier | 38 | 89 km S | 476 | 34.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Noyer | 73 | 4.6 km SW | 230 | 33.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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