Crest-Voland

Identity

Crest-Voland (INSEE 73094) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 346 (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/73094-crest-voland

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 18,035 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU SOMMET DES ANGES). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOCQUET SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL CHEZ THEO · CHALET DES SENS · AUX SAVEURS D'ANTAN). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (L'ARRET BOGNETTE · SKI GLISS CAFE · L'ABERU · LA BELLE METAIRIE · LES ZINZINS). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (BRASSERIE LE CHAMOIS · CENTRAL CAFE · AU POSTE DE SECOURS · DOWNHILL BAR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENT PUB CREST VOLAND). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADRIEN MOULART, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CREST VOLAND AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hotel (CHAMBRES & TABLES D'HOTES PLEIN SOLEIL · HOTEL ELIOVA LE CAPRICE DES NEIGES · LE MONT BISANNE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 390 (2012) → 346 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 395 (1990) → 346 (2023): -12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,085, of which 81.4 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Crest-Voland): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Crest-Voland): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Crest-Voland): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Crest-Voland): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 123 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COL-DES-SAISIES weather station, 5 km away at 1,614 m; the village itself is at 1,226 m. ^[10]

The village sits 388 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 5 km away at 1,614 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 388 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,552 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 5 km away at 1,614 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73094/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73094/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73094/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73094/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73094
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73186
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024