Arches

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88011

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

Partly served 49.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arches (INSEE 88011) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 1,617 (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/88011-arches

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 11,096 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.43	10	4.31
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES MOULINS DE SEVERINE · CARO D'CHOCO). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (JPA ET MAISON REMY). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SNACK40 SASU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE POINT CENTRAL). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE - DU CENTRE -). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE - JEAN HAEDRICH -). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS KOCH, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE BRONNER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE L'HÊTRAIE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ISA'DOMICILE · CAP EDEN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES MOULINS DE SEVERINE · CARO D'CHOCO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	JPA ET MAISON REMY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SUPER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SNACK40 SASU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE POINT CENTRAL	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE - DU CENTRE -	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE - JEAN HAEDRICH -	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	THOMAS KOCH, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE BRONNER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SUSINI	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	MEDIATHEQUE L'HÊTRAIE	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	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ISA'DOMICILE · CAP EDEN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,588 peak 1990: 1,737 2023: 1,617 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,672 (2012) → 1,617 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,737 (1990) → 1,617 (2023): -6.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 901, of which 2 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.2 km SW 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 (Arches): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arches): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arches): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hadol): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 64.9

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 9.1 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 359 m. ^[10]

The village sits 90 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 11.8 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,170 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHENIMENIL, 5.6 km away at 402 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88011/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88011/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88011/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88011/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88225
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-Paterne-Racan	37	455 km W	1,715	52.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Violès	84	456 km S	1,762	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Chevannes	89	230 km W	2,137	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Écouves	61	477 km W	1,663	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Blausasc	06	484 km S	1,668	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %
Alba-la-Romaine	07	423 km S	1,533	64.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chevannes	89	230 km W	2,137	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Alba-la-Romaine	07	423 km S	1,533	64.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Paterne-Racan	37	455 km W	1,715	52.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Violès	84	456 km S	1,762	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Écouves	61	477 km W	1,663	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Blausasc	06	484 km S	1,668	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Arches'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
Saint-Germer-de-Fly	60	378 km NW	1,662	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sernin-du-Bois	71	212 km SW	1,734	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cercy-la-Tour	58	257 km SW	1,653	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Foëcy	18	344 km W	2,046	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon	18	342 km W	2,026	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rosières	43	385 km SW	1,548	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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