Marthod

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73153

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marthod (INSEE 73153) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 1,346 (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/73153-marthod

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 12,384 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.54	10	5.41
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARTHOD LPR RP). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	MARTHOD LPR RP	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 915 peak 2012: 1,381 2023: 1,346 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,381 (2012) → 1,346 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,293 (1990) → 1,346 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 676, of which 4.9 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km NEPharmacy — 2.5 km NEBakery — 2.6 km NEGP — 3.1 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 (Ugine): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ugine): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ugine): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ugine): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marthod): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the UGINE weather station, 3.9 km away at 539 m; the village itself is at 512 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 7.5 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 180 m below 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 1,398 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at UGINE, 3.9 km away at 539 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 — 73153/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73153/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73153/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73153/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73153
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
Galluis	78	487 km NW	1,298	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Portieux	88	291 km N	1,224	16.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Montaud	34	293 km SW	1,014	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Azereix	65	581 km SW	992	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Montigné-le-Brillant	53	604 km NW	1,366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Marcel	01	113 km W	1,340	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Marcel	01	113 km W	1,340	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Portieux	88	291 km N	1,224	16.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Montaud	34	293 km SW	1,014	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Galluis	78	487 km NW	1,298	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Azereix	65	581 km SW	992	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Montigné-le-Brillant	53	604 km NW	1,366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · 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 Marthod'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
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	185 km NW	1,288	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rebréchien	45	416 km NW	1,441	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ohnenheim	67	286 km N	1,164	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Savières	10	351 km NW	1,085	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-en-Sullias	45	392 km NW	1,348	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bardon	45	432 km NW	984	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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