Cohennoz

Identity

Cohennoz (INSEE 73088) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 137 (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/73088-cohennoz

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 13,366 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

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

2 × Restaurant (LE MAZOT · LA TETE DE MULE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (TOO SCHUSS). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (GRAFFITI COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DU MONT CHARVIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 152 (2012) → 137 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 137 (2023): 13.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 725, of which 88 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Crest-Voland): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villard-sur-Doron): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hauteluce): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hauteluce): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ugine): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 97 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COL-DES-SAISIES weather station, 4.2 km away at 1,614 m; the village itself is at 915 m. ^[12]

The village sits 699 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 4.2 km away at 1,614 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 699 m above 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 1,552 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 4.2 km away at 1,614 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 — 73088/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73088/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73088/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73088/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73094
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73317
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73132
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73303
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024