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Les Arcs
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurvillage
Total population
7,580
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Les Arcs is a small village that lies in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is home to roughly 7,580 residents. Les Arcs maps to 43.463°, 6.479° — squarely within the temperate belt. The location receives about 1,573 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 62% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Administratively it falls within the 93 province. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,313
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,185
- Hermann's tortoiseTestudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 · Testudines1,153
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,061
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,006
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,005
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves909
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves883
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.5 — 2025-03-201 km WSW of Cantaron, France
- M 3.1 — 2025-03-181 km ESE of Tourrette-Levens, France
- M 3.3 — 2025-03-182 km N of Berre-les-Alpes, France
- M 4.1 — 2024-09-1462 km SE of Ramatuelle, France
- M 2.5 — 2008-12-234 km ENE of Éguilles, France
- M 2.7 — 2008-09-230 km SSW of Lantosque, France
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Le Colombier0.3 mi away
- Hameau des Peyrouas3.8 mi away
- Entraygues5.6 mi away
- Lorgues6.3 mi away · pop. 9,542
- La Clape7.3 mi away
- Hameau de Vignaubière7.7 mi away
- La Bouverie8.7 mi away
- Saint-Antonin-du-Var10 mi away · pop. 745
- Domaine du Quilladou11.8 mi away
- Entrecasteaux12.3 mi away · pop. 1,127
- Lotissement "Les Hameaux du Golf"12.3 mi away
- Franc12.8 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 83004
- Department
- 83
- Region
- 93
- Population (Wikidata)
- 8,109
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr