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Avressieux

Savoie · CC Val Guiers · INSEE 73025

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avressieux (INSEE 73025) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Val Guiers. Population 544 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73025-avressieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,545 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7753.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BELLEMIN MAGNINOT LAURENT). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE DES PLATANES). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BELLEMIN MAGNINOT LAURENTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE DES PLATANESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 324 2023: 544 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 492 (2012) → 544 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 349 (1990) → 544 (2023): 55.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 11.4 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.0 km S (Avressieux)Bakery — 3.8 km S (Domessin)GP — 3.9 km S (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin)Pharmacy — 4.1 km SW (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.0 km SBakery — 3.8 km SGP — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 4.1 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 (Domessin): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Avressieux): 1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

GP (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Avressieux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the NOVALAISE weather station, 7 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 301 m. [12]

The village sits 159 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 7.9 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. [12]

That station sits 74 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,423 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at NOVALAISE, 7 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 214,000 € — 1,757 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73025/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a10ad16a-2878-35b8-a4a5-115f5b894cd2— “Marché de producteur : les Champs Gourmands à Avressieux”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73025/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73025/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73025/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73100
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73025
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73204
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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Beaurepaire76613 km NW49029.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Romain16434 km W51425.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Valhuon62594 km NW53825.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bardoux2678 km SW59926.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Coux17477 km W48027Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Tarsacq64552 km SW54833.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 14 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Bardoux2678 km SW59926.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain16434 km W51425.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Coux17477 km W48027Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Tarsacq64552 km SW54833.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 14 %
Valhuon62594 km NW53825.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Beaurepaire76613 km NW49029.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arthun42131 km W53220.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chasteaux19335 km W75429Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Verjux71156 km N50419.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Biarne39176 km N43321.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Varambon0160 km NW67524.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Amange39178 km N42824.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %