Arvillard

Savoie · CC Coeur de Savoie · INSEE 73021

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

Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arvillard (INSEE 73021) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Savoie. Population 861 (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/73021-arvillard

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 15,217 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.82	10	8.17
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARVILLARD RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	PROXI SERVICES	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	ARVILLARD RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 617 2023: 861 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 842 (2012) → 861 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 654 (1990) → 861 (2023): 31.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 470, of which 11.5 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.0 km NGP — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.2 km N 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 (Valgelon-La Rochette): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arvillard): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Valgelon-La Rochette): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Valgelon-La Rochette): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arvillard): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.2

Days at or below 0 °C 87.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-PIERRE DE SOUCY weather station, 5.2 km away at 351 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[10]

The village sits 111 m above 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 MONTMELIAN, 8.2 km away at 264 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 198 m below 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 1,147 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHETTE, 1.5 km away at 350 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 — 73021/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73021/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73021/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73021/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73021
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-Clet	22	787 km NW	877	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Sury-aux-Bois	45	402 km NW	767	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Échallon	01	91 km N	784	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Bussière	45	363 km NW	761	41.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Laval-en-Belledonne	38	25 km SW	1,029	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
La Boissière-École	78	495 km NW	747	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laval-en-Belledonne	38	25 km SW	1,029	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Échallon	01	91 km N	784	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Bussière	45	363 km NW	761	41.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Sury-aux-Bois	45	402 km NW	767	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
La Boissière-École	78	495 km NW	747	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clet	22	787 km NW	877	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 9 % · 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 Arvillard'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
Ferdrupt	88	278 km N	738	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vendenesse-lès-Charolles	71	177 km NW	729	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Longechenal	38	60 km W	593	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bagnols	69	129 km NW	765	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Igornay	71	223 km NW	515	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay	70	239 km N	555	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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