Frontenex
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Frontenex (INSEE 73121) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 1,912 (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/73121-frontenex
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 9,897 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.66 | 20 | 13.11 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.66 | 10 | 6.56 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.87 | 10 | 8.69 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARTISAN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU GRAND ROC). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES CAVES DE GILLY). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (NETTO). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (LE TRANQU'ILLOU · SARL GSA · O GOURMAND · SAVEURS DE L'ARTISAN). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE JOSEPH FONTANET). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIQUE CHAMIOT-MAITRAL, MÉDECIN · ZAKARYAE AMMARI, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL LIAIGRE, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN COINDET, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE DONNIO, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE FRONTENEX). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON DES SOCIETES · GYMNASE DES COQUELICOTS · GYMNASE DES GRANDS CHAMPS). [3]
2 × Bank (CRCAM DES SAVOIE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (LA MAISON DU BIGOUDIS). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | L'ARTISAN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE DU GRAND ROC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LES CAVES DE GILLY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | NETTO | 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 | 5 | LE TRANQU'ILLOU · SARL GSA · O GOURMAND · SAVEURS DE L'ARTISAN | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE JOSEPH FONTANET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | FREDERIQUE CHAMIOT-MAITRAL, MÉDECIN · ZAKARYAE AMMARI, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL LIAIGRE, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN COINDET, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE DONNIO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE FRONTENEX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| 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 | 3 | MAISON DES SOCIETES · GYMNASE DES COQUELICOTS · GYMNASE DES GRANDS CHAMPS | INSEE BPE 3 [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 | 3 | LA MAISON DU BIGOUDIS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Friday, Sunday 7h30 à 12h30 Place du Grand Roc (en face de la mairie). No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,720 (2012) → 1,912 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,397 (1990) → 1,912 (2023): 36.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 984, of which 1.5 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Frontenex): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Frontenex): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Frontenex): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Frontenex): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Frontenex): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VERRENS ARVEY weather station, 2.8 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 332 m. [10]
The village sits 198 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 5.5 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. [10]
An average of 1,438 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VERRENS ARVEY, 2.8 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
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 — 73121/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.frontenex.fr/viepratique/le-march%C3%A9— “vendredi et dimanche de 7h30 à 12h30”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73121/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73121/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73121/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73121
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montebourg | 50 | 718 km NW | 1,925 | 64.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier | 58 | 278 km NW | 1,823 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Germain-Lembron | 63 | 240 km W | 2,031 | 61.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Formerie | 60 | 563 km NW | 2,097 | 63.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sauveterre-de-Guyenne | 33 | 512 km W | 1,885 | 59.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bessé-sur-Braye | 72 | 489 km NW | 1,972 | 55.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-Lembron | 63 | 240 km W | 2,031 | 61.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier | 58 | 278 km NW | 1,823 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bessé-sur-Braye | 72 | 489 km NW | 1,972 | 55.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 % |
| Sauveterre-de-Guyenne | 33 | 512 km W | 1,885 | 59.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Formerie | 60 | 563 km NW | 2,097 | 63.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montebourg | 50 | 718 km NW | 1,925 | 64.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Frontenex'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier | 58 | 278 km NW | 1,823 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bletterans | 39 | 140 km NW | 1,528 | 65.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Baugy | 18 | 319 km NW | 1,598 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seurre | 21 | 176 km NW | 2,352 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laroque-d'Olmes | 09 | 461 km SW | 2,454 | 64.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cormery | 37 | 457 km NW | 1,905 | 60.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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