Billième

Identity

Billième (INSEE 73042) is in Savoie (73), part of CC de Yenne. Population 273 (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/73042-billieme

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % 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.

Services

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

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 258 (2012) → 273 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 210 (1990) → 273 (2023): 30 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 8.1 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Yenne): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Yenne): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Yenne): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Billième): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONT DU CHAT weather station, 6.6 km away at 1,496 m; the village itself is at 413 m. ^[11]

The village sits 1,083 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONT DU CHAT, 6.6 km away at 1,496 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 1,083 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,238 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at YENNE, 4.7 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73042/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73042/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73042/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73042/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73245
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73330
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73042
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024