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La Bâthie

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73032

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

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Bâthie (INSEE 73032) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 2,176 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73032-la-bathie

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 9,061 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.662013.11
Education0.39103.93
Health0.63106.29
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.66106.57
Housing mix0.7453.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DU GRAND MONT). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TDA DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CCM). [3,4]

5 × Restaurant (N'CO PIZZA · LA PIAZZETTA · MOTA CRISTINA · CHEZ NEGUS). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LA BATHIE). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NICOLAS THOMAS, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ MARTIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE GOTTELAND, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER FUANT, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BATHIE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS + TENNIS). [3]

1 × Bank (CRCAM DES SAVOIE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (SUP'HAIR COIFFURE · CENTRE DE BEAUTE COIFFURE-ESTHETIQU). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE DU GRAND MONTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1TDA DISTRIBUTIONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1CCMINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant5N'CO PIZZA · LA PIAZZETTA · MOTA CRISTINA · CHEZ NEGUSINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LA BATHIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4NICOLAS THOMAS, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ MARTIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE GOTTELAND, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER FUANT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE LA BATHIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE MULTISPORTS + TENNISINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CRCAM DES SAVOIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser2SUP'HAIR COIFFURE · CENTRE DE BEAUTE COIFFURE-ESTHETIQUINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,690 peak 2017: 2,194 2023: 2,176 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,110 (2012) → 2,176 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,880 (1990) → 2,176 (2023): 15.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,264, of which 13.1 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.5 km N (La Bâthie)GP — 0.7 km N (La Bâthie)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.5 km NGP — 0.7 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 (La Bâthie): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Bâthie): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (La Bâthie): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Bâthie): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (La Bâthie): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ALBERTVILLE JO weather station, 7.3 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 363 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 7.3 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. [9]

An average of 1,268 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ALBERTVILLE, 7.2 km away at 331 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73032/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73032/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73032/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73032/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73032
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Eymoutiers87366 km W2,04252.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Estagel66436 km SW2,16056.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %
Dozulé14632 km NW2,24458.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Arudy64614 km SW2,22853.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux86450 km W2,26359.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Vézénobres30253 km SW1,86559.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vézénobres30253 km SW1,86559.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Eymoutiers87366 km W2,04252.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Estagel66436 km SW2,16056.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux86450 km W2,26359.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Arudy64614 km SW2,22853.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Dozulé14632 km NW2,24458.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %

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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 La Bâthie'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sancoins18303 km NW2,95162.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-Lembron63251 km W2,03161.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cheylard07178 km SW2,80365.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Florac Trois Rivières48267 km SW2,10069.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-d'Ain0198 km NW2,84364.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Trept3888 km W2,09553.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %