Arbusigny

Identity

Arbusigny (INSEE 74015) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Arve et Salève. Population 1,167 (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/74015-arbusigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 13,393 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ARBU'SERVICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BISTRO D'ARBU). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,040 (2012) → 1,167 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 580 (1990) → 1,167 (2023): 101.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 549, of which 10.2 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Sappey): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arbusigny): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Reignier-Ésery): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pers-Jussy): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pers-Jussy): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA CROISETTE weather station, 4.7 km away at 1,175 m; the village itself is at 825 m. ^[12]

The village sits 350 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 14.2 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 372 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,299 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PERS JUSSY, 3.3 km away at 747 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74015/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74015/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74015/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74015/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74259
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74015
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74220
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74211
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024