Les Arcs

Var · CA Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération · INSEE 83004

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

Served 61.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Arcs (INSEE 83004) is in Var (83), part of CA Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. Population 8,109 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83004-les-arcs

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 2,985 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	0.93	20	18.61
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU CROISSANT DORE · BOULANGERIE GOURMANDE DE SAINT LEGER · REYANT · LE JARDIN GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE TAXIL). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · ED). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · HYPER U). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

23 × Restaurant (SNACK TERRA PROVENCE · LA BOUTIQUE A PIZZA · CROQ'RICHARD · LA GLYCINE). ^[3,4]

8 × Café / bar (LE BALTO · LE 421 · HOTEL AURELIA · CAFE DE PARIS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE HELENE VIDAL). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD ENJOLRAS, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC HASSLER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES 13 LORGUAIS · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · SOCIETE GENERALE · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE). ^[3]

13 × Hairdresser (AGNES C COIFFURE · 1 TEMPS POUR SOI · GARRIGUES ALEXANDRINE · ML STYLE). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hotel (HOTEL CHARLES · HOTEL AURELIA · LE CHÂTEAU D'ARGENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'EAU VIVE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Fishmonger, 8 × Restaurant, 5 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	AU CROISSANT DORE · BOULANGERIE GOURMANDE DE SAINT LEGER · REYANT · LE JARDIN GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE TAXIL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	VIVAL · ED	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · HYPER U	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	23	SNACK TERRA PROVENCE · LA BOUTIQUE A PIZZA · CROQ'RICHARD · LA GLYCINE	INSEE BPE 23 / INSEE SIRENE 41 [3,4]
Café / bar	8	LE BALTO · LE 421 · HOTEL AURELIA · CAFE DE PARIS	INSEE SIRENE 8 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE HELENE VIDAL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BERNARD ENJOLRAS, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC HASSLER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DES 13 LORGUAIS · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · SOCIETE GENERALE · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	13	AGNES C COIFFURE · 1 TEMPS POUR SOI · GARRIGUES ALEXANDRINE · ML STYLE	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	3	HOTEL CHARLES · HOTEL AURELIA · LE CHÂTEAU D'ARGENS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING L'EAU VIVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,324 2023: 8,109 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,971 (2012) → 8,109 (2023): 16.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 4,744 (1990) → 8,109 (2023): 70.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,647, of which 13 % second homes and 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 (Les Arcs): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Arcs): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Arcs): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Arcs): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Arcs): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 82.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 16.3▸

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 82 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES ARCS_SAPC weather station, 1.5 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VIDAUBAN, 9.3 km away at 282 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 201 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES ARCS_SAPC, 1.5 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

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

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2022-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/adc286e6-84b5-31be-924d-b6c1da692945— “tous les samedis matin, à partir de 7h00”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83004
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
Bourg-Saint-Andéol	07	178 km NW	7,661	62.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 14 %
Les Andelys	27	751 km NW	7,706	65.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 %
Céret	66	322 km W	7,521	66	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Parentis-en-Born	40	613 km W	7,586	62.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Saujon	17	636 km NW	7,440	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Pont-l'Abbé	29	964 km NW	8,484	74.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourg-Saint-Andéol	07	178 km NW	7,661	62.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 14 %
Céret	66	322 km W	7,521	66	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Parentis-en-Born	40	613 km W	7,586	62.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Saujon	17	636 km NW	7,440	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Les Andelys	27	751 km NW	7,706	65.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 %
Pont-l'Abbé	29	964 km NW	8,484	74.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Les Arcs'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
Le Muy	83	7.1 km E	10,118	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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