Aiguebelette-le-Lac
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Aiguebelette-le-Lac (INSEE 73001) is in Savoie (73), part of CC du Lac d'Aiguebelette (CCLA). Population 255 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 66 % of the 17,334 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.49 | 20 | 9.82 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.1 | 5 | 0.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LES BELLES RIVES · LE BEAU RIVAGE · HOTEL RESTAURANT LA COMBE - CHEZ MICHELON · LA VILLA DU LAC). [3,4]
1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS LA PLAGE LE PORT AIGUEBELETTE LE LAC). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING GCU AIGUEBELETTE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 4 | LES BELLES RIVES · LE BEAU RIVAGE · HOTEL RESTAURANT LA COMBE - CHEZ MICHELON · LA VILLA DU LAC | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | BASE DE LOISIRS LA PLAGE LE PORT AIGUEBELETTE LE LAC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING GCU AIGUEBELETTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 249 (2012) → 255 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 170 (1990) → 255 (2023): 50 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 270, of which 44.8 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Alban-de-Montbel): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lépin-le-Lac): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Alban-de-Montbel): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Bridoire): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Lépin-le-Lac): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LAC AIGUEBELETTE weather station, 3.4 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 403 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 3.4 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. [11]
An average of 1,706 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VIMINES, 3 km away at 515 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73001/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73001/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73001/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73001/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73219
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73145
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73058
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanloup | 22 | 752 km NW | 252 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Albepierre-Bredons | 15 | 239 km W | 242 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Pré | 73 | 61 km E | 258 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Roque-Esclapon | 83 | 212 km S | 261 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lées-Athas | 64 | 586 km SW | 229 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 % |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort | 07 | 123 km SW | 274 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-du-Pré | 73 | 61 km E | 258 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort | 07 | 123 km SW | 274 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roque-Esclapon | 83 | 212 km S | 261 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 % |
| Albepierre-Bredons | 15 | 239 km W | 242 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lées-Athas | 64 | 586 km SW | 229 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 % |
| Lanloup | 22 | 752 km NW | 252 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Aiguebelette-le-Lac'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-Vincent-de-Durfort | 07 | 123 km SW | 274 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Balaguères | 09 | 477 km SW | 196 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Obersteinbach | 67 | 414 km N | 234 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courcelles | 58 | 278 km NW | 233 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sparsbach | 67 | 391 km N | 238 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuvy | 51 | 397 km NW | 274 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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