Arthès

Tarn · CA de l'Albigeois (C2A) · INSEE 81018

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

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arthès (INSEE 81018) is in Tarn (81), part of CA de l'Albigeois (C2A). Population 2,528 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/81018-arthes

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 8,179 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.85
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE SAUT DU SABO · L'ARTHESIENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU COIN DU FEU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIMON FAJON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GAUSSERAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARTHES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (YANNICK COIFFURE BY LUCILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE SAUT DU SABO · L'ARTHESIENNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	AU COIN DU FEU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SIMON FAJON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GAUSSERAND	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	ARTHES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	YANNICK COIFFURE BY LUCILE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,644 2023: 2,528 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,507 (2012) → 2,528 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,134 (1990) → 2,528 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,289, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Arthès): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Juéry): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Arthès): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Arthès): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arthès): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 44.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALBI-MAN weather station, 5.4 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALBI, 8.7 km away at 172 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALBI-MAN, 5.4 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/4c110597-ae2c-3b2d-b8a3-6b22dda49947— “Tous les samedis matins, retrouvez le marché d'Arthès sur la Place François Mitterrand.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81257
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
Saint-Martin-du-Tertre	95	573 km N	2,689	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lewarde	59	714 km N	2,353	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 93 %
Orliénas	69	274 km NE	2,675	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Houppeville	76	624 km N	2,814	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Drocourt	62	718 km N	2,939	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Boran-sur-Oise	60	580 km N	2,135	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orliénas	69	274 km NE	2,675	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-du-Tertre	95	573 km N	2,689	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boran-sur-Oise	60	580 km N	2,135	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Houppeville	76	624 km N	2,814	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Lewarde	59	714 km N	2,353	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 93 %
Drocourt	62	718 km N	2,939	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Arthès'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
Malissard	26	242 km NE	3,294	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mours-Saint-Eusèbe	26	257 km NE	3,424	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Buisse	38	310 km NE	3,500	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Peyrins	26	258 km NE	2,613	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Charmes-sur-Rhône	07	232 km NE	3,143	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Privat	07	191 km NE	1,663	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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