Fourneaux

Savoie · CC Haute Maurienne Vanoise · INSEE 73117

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

Partly served 47.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fourneaux (INSEE 73117) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Haute Maurienne Vanoise. Population 701 (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/73117-fourneaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 16,389 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.15	10	1.5
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HOUIN PERE & FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE RITTAUD LM). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (AUXA). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PETIT FOURNEAU · PULCINELLA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL MAURIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Cinema (L EMBELLIE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CRCAM DES SAVOIE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BRUN D'COUPE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	HOUIN PERE & FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE RITTAUD LM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	AUXA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LE PETIT FOURNEAU · PULCINELLA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ETIENNE MARCELLIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL MAURIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	L EMBELLIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CRCAM DES SAVOIE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1	BRUN D'COUPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 1,793 2023: 701 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 679 (2012) → 701 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,078 (1990) → 701 (2023): -35 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 507, of which 13.6 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 km NE 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 (Fourneaux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fourneaux): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Modane): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fourneaux): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fourneaux): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.7

Days at or below 0 °C 100.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 101 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MODANE weather station, 1.8 km away at 1,228 m; the village itself is at 1,054 m. ^[10]

The village sits 174 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 FREJUS, 1.8 km away at 1,228 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 174 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 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MODANE, 1.8 km away at 1,228 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73117/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73117/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73117/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73117/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73157
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
Moncontour	22	789 km NW	738	68.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Bénévent-l'Abbaye	23	404 km W	769	60.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Aujargues	30	254 km SW	815	49.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 50 %
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn	67	426 km N	927	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Piscop	95	535 km NW	768	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Brillon	59	634 km N	771	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aujargues	30	254 km SW	815	49.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 50 %
Bénévent-l'Abbaye	23	404 km W	769	60.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn	67	426 km N	927	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Piscop	95	535 km NW	768	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Brillon	59	634 km N	771	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Moncontour	22	789 km NW	738	68.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · 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 Fourneaux'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
Avoudrey	25	217 km N	982	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chastel-Nouvel	48	258 km W	938	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villars-lès-Blamont	25	243 km N	469	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Laussonne	43	205 km W	1,011	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Loudes	43	228 km W	944	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Dommartin	25	194 km N	864	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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