La Bauche
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 25.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Bauche (INSEE 73033) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Chartreuse. Population 542 (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 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 17,568 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.78 | 5 | 3.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (M'PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA BAUCHE RP RP). [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, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | M'PIZZA | 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) | 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 | 1 | LA BAUCHE RP RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 507 (2012) → 542 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 171 (1990) → 542 (2023): 217 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 10.9 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Béron): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Miribel-les-Échelles): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Les Échelles): 5 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (La Bridoire): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Attignat-Oncin): 3 km to the north (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the LAC AIGUEBELETTE weather station, 9.5 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 524 m. [13]
The village sits 149 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 9.5 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. [13]
That station sits 149 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]
An average of 1,593 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 12.4 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE LA-GROTTE, 3.4 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73033/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73033/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73033/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73033/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73226
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38236
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73105
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73058
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailly-en-Rivière | 76 | 594 km NW | 510 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montpeyroux | 24 | 452 km W | 496 | 27.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Rémy-du-Val | 72 | 526 km NW | 493 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 47 % |
| Crouay | 14 | 649 km NW | 510 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 % |
| Salignac-sur-Charente | 17 | 482 km W | 606 | 22.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 % |
| Glaine-Montaigut | 63 | 187 km W | 606 | 29.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaine-Montaigut | 63 | 187 km W | 606 | 29.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montpeyroux | 24 | 452 km W | 496 | 27.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 % |
| Salignac-sur-Charente | 17 | 482 km W | 606 | 22.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Rémy-du-Val | 72 | 526 km NW | 493 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 47 % |
| Bailly-en-Rivière | 76 | 594 km NW | 510 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crouay | 14 | 649 km NW | 510 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Bauche'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touillon | 21 | 262 km NW | 461 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Breitenbach | 67 | 341 km N | 686 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montigny-Mornay-Villeneuve-sur-Vingeanne | 21 | 233 km N | 381 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-et-Châtillon | 54 | 354 km N | 552 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chalmoux | 71 | 193 km NW | 639 | 25 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Belles-Fontaines | 70 | 234 km N | 600 | 23.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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