Hautecour

Identity

Hautecour (INSEE 73131) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Tarentaise. Population 298 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73131-hautecour

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,809 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]

2 × Restaurant (CHALET DE LA TRAPPE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 309 (2012) → 298 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 282 (1990) → 298 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 30.9 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Marcel): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moûtiers): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Moûtiers): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Moûtiers): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hautecour): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 124 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUTIERS weather station, 2.8 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 1,078 m. ^[11]

The village sits 598 m above 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GRANDE PAREI-NIVOSE, 14.2 km away at 2,260 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 1,182 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 946 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOUTIERS, 2.8 km away at 480 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 — 73131/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73131/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73131/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73131/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73253
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73181
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73131
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024