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Doucy-en-Bauges

Savoie · CA du Grand Chambéry · INSEE 73101

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Doucy-en-Bauges (INSEE 73101) is in Savoie (73), part of CA du Grand Chambéry. Population 94 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/73101-doucy-en-bauges

Vitality score

Vitality score 7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 10,013 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.59105.93
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 180 2023: 94 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 96 (2012) → 94 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 86 (1990) → 94 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 112, of which 50 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 1.6 km SW (La Compôte)Bakery — 2.5 km W (Le Châtelard)Pharmacy — 2.6 km W (Le Châtelard)Primary school — 2.9 km W (Le Châtelard)GP — 5.7 km NW (Lescheraines)
Food shop — 1.6 km SWBakery — 2.5 km WPharmacy — 2.6 km WPrimary school — 2.9 km WGP — 5.7 km NW 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 (Le Châtelard): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Compôte): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Lescheraines): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Le Châtelard): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Le Châtelard): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ALLANT-NIVOSE weather station, 4.2 km away at 1,684 m; the village itself is at 963 m. [11]

The village sits 721 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 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ALLANT-NIVOSE, 4.2 km away at 1,684 m, over 16 summers. [11]

That station sits 721 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 1,585 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ECOLE, 4 km away at 732 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

13 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 165,000 € — 1,654 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73101/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73101/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73101/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73101/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73081
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73090
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73146
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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-Étienne-du-Vigan43209 km SW954.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Menestreau58294 km NW964.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Bailleul-la-Vallée27582 km NW963.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bérain43211 km W953.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Esmoulières70243 km N951.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Capelle-Bonance12284 km SW952.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Étienne-du-Vigan43209 km SW954.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bérain43211 km W953.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Esmoulières70243 km N951.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Capelle-Bonance12284 km SW952.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Menestreau58294 km NW964.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Bailleul-la-Vallée27582 km NW963.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · 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 Doucy-en-Bauges'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
Esmoulières70243 km N951.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Freychenet09470 km SW828.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Agnan-sur-Sarthe61542 km NW876.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Laprade11398 km SW12213.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Jou-sous-Monjou15286 km W1125.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Plantis61545 km NW1257.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %