Les Échelles

Savoie · CC Coeur de Chartreuse · INSEE 73105

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Échelles (INSEE 73105) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Chartreuse. Population 1,286 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73105-les-echelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 12,780 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.32
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'AMIE SAVOYARDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SIDONIE DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MICA · LA CORDERIE · LA FALCIONETTA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE BEATRICE DE SAVOIE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MICHEL GUILLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CRCAM DES SAVOIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIF COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU MORGE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	L'AMIE SAVOYARDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SIDONIE DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	MICA · LA CORDERIE · LA FALCIONETTA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE BEATRICE DE SAVOIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-MICHEL GUILLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CRCAM DES SAVOIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	CREA'TIF COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DU MORGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday matins esplanade de la base de loisirs. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,244 2023: 1,286 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,197 (2012) → 1,286 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,246 (1990) → 1,286 (2023): 3.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 706, of which 4.1 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.1 km S 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 (Les Échelles): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Échelles): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Échelles): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Entre-deux-Guiers): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Échelles): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 61.7

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAC AIGUEBELETTE weather station, 14.6 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 386 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 14.6 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,593 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 12.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE LA-GROTTE, 2.6 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73105/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.lesechelles.fr/tourisme— “Tous les mardis matins, venez découvrir ou redécouvrir le marché sur l'esplanade de la base de loisirs”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73105/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73105/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73105/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73105
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38155
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nancray	25	204 km N	1,308	49.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière	38	8.2 km SW	1,254	47.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Bétheniville	51	441 km N	1,259	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hermonville	51	455 km N	1,419	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
La Séauve-sur-Semène	43	118 km W	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Moussac	30	202 km SW	1,564	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière	38	8.2 km SW	1,254	47.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
La Séauve-sur-Semène	43	118 km W	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Moussac	30	202 km SW	1,564	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Nancray	25	204 km N	1,308	49.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Bétheniville	51	441 km N	1,259	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hermonville	51	455 km N	1,419	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Les Échelles'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mareau-aux-Prés	45	404 km NW	1,669	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Plauzat	63	204 km W	1,641	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chevillon	52	347 km N	1,244	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
La Bridoire	73	10 km N	1,202	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Torcé-en-Vallée	72	506 km NW	1,397	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bessay-sur-Allier	03	216 km NW	1,382	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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