Épierre

Identity

Épierre (INSEE 73109) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Porte de Maurienne. Population 757 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73109-epierre

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 15,991 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SANDJO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LORANT COIFFURE · CORINNE COIFFURE · LAURALY EVENEMENTS ET BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 758 (2012) → 757 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 650 (1990) → 757 (2023): 16.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 388, of which 5.2 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint François Longchamp): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint François Longchamp): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint François Longchamp): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Val-d'Arc): 9.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Épierre): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-ALBAN DES HURTIERES weather station, 3.2 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 370 m. ^[11]

The village sits 240 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 12.3 km away at 460 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 90 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 1,278 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-ALBAN DES HURTIERES, 3.2 km away at 610 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 — 73109/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73109/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73109/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73109/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73235
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73212
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73109
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024