La Giettaz
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Giettaz (INSEE 73123) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 381 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 87 % of the 18,018 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.25 | 10 | 2.53 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (LES RHODODENDRONS · LA PORTE DES ARAVIS · RESTAURANT LA DATCHA · SARL SSLV). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE 1102). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA GIETTAZ AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Hotel (FLOR'ALPES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 8 | LES RHODODENDRONS · LA PORTE DES ARAVIS · RESTAURANT LA DATCHA · SARL SSLV | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE 1102 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA GIETTAZ AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | FLOR'ALPES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 431 (2012) → 381 (2023): -11.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 506 (1990) → 381 (2023): -24.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 894, of which 74 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Giettaz): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Flumet): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Flumet): 5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Flumet): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Giettaz): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COL-DES-SAISIES weather station, 12.3 km away at 1,614 m; the village itself is at 1,080 m. [10]
The village sits 534 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 COL-DES-SAISIES, 12.3 km away at 1,614 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 534 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 1,552 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 12.3 km away at 1,614 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 — 73123/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73123/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73123/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73123/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73123
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73114
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvieux | 05 | 123 km S | 340 | 48.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-le-Thomas | 50 | 683 km NW | 401 | 41.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vallorcine | 74 | 39 km NE | 453 | 50.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vielle-Aure | 65 | 595 km SW | 315 | 44 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lélex | 01 | 65 km NW | 241 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vialas | 48 | 266 km SW | 447 | 48.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallorcine | 74 | 39 km NE | 453 | 50.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lélex | 01 | 65 km NW | 241 | 47.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arvieux | 05 | 123 km S | 340 | 48.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vialas | 48 | 266 km SW | 447 | 48.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vielle-Aure | 65 | 595 km SW | 315 | 44 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-le-Thomas | 50 | 683 km NW | 401 | 41.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · 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 La Giettaz'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresse-en-Vercors | 38 | 129 km SW | 351 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beuil | 06 | 200 km S | 483 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aillon-le-Jeune | 73 | 42 km SW | 430 | 55.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Biot | 74 | 46 km N | 633 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats | 66 | 512 km SW | 260 | 37.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes | 05 | 137 km S | 373 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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