Argentine

Identity

Argentine (INSEE 73019) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Porte de Maurienne. Population 959 (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/73019-argentine

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 14,587 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 926 (2012) → 959 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 691 (1990) → 959 (2023): 38.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 522, of which 9.2 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Val-d'Arc): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val-d'Arc): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val-d'Arc): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Val-d'Arc): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Argentine): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-ALBAN DES HURTIERES weather station, 3.7 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 406 m. ^[10]

The village sits 204 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °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 STE MARIE CUINES, 16.8 km away at 460 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,521 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTSAPEY, 3.6 km away at 960 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73019/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73019/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73019/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73019/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73212
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73019
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024