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Césarches

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73061

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Césarches (INSEE 73061) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 441 (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/73061-cesarches

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,914 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.86108.57
Housing mix0.954.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB CESARCHES). [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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 ELEMENTAIRE PUB CESARCHESINSEE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 278 2023: 441 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 408 (2012) → 441 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 441 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 5 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.4 km S (Venthon)Food shop — 2.7 km SW (Albertville)Pharmacy — 2.9 km SW (Albertville)Bakery — 3.0 km SW (Albertville)
In the commune Primary school GP — 1.4 km SFood shop — 2.7 km SWPharmacy — 2.9 km SWBakery — 3.0 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 (Albertville): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Albertville): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Venthon): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Albertville): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Césarches): 0.1 km to the north-west (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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ALBERTVILLE JO weather station, 5.2 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 494 m. [11]

The village sits 162 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 5.2 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. [11]

That station sits 162 m below 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 1,243 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 5.2 km away at 332 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 — 73061/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73061/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73061/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73061/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73011
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73308
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73061
  11. 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
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie60533 km NW43920.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Flammerans21186 km NW45823.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Escobille91453 km NW45421.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Miribel-Lanchâtre38102 km SW44526.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Bousse72544 km NW43121.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Leigné-sur-Usseau86476 km W45122.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Miribel-Lanchâtre38102 km SW44526.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Flammerans21186 km NW45823.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Escobille91453 km NW45421.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Leigné-sur-Usseau86476 km W45122.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie60533 km NW43920.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Bousse72544 km NW43121.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · 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 Césarches'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
La Bénisson-Dieu42190 km W42921.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Amblans-et-Velotte70220 km N38625.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy7333 km SW43725.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Essertenne-et-Cecey70202 km N42723.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-lès-Luxeuil70231 km N31023.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Agencourt21193 km NW41620.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %