Bonvillard

Identity

Bonvillard (INSEE 73048) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 351 (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/73048-bonvillard

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 18,034 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: 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 348 (2012) → 351 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 236 (1990) → 351 (2023): 48.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 15.2 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montailleur): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Val-d'Arc): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bonvillard): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 126 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GILLY SUR ISERE weather station, 8 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 746 m. ^[12]

The village sits 416 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 9.9 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 414 m below 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 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOURGNEUF, 6.7 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73048/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73048/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73048/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73048/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73241
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73162
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73212
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73048
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024