Mercury

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73154

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercury (INSEE 73154) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 3,495 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73154-mercury

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 6,287 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	0.32	25	8.08
Social	0.26	20	5.28
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SOLEIL LEVAIN · AUX MANGEURS DE FARINE · LES MICHES DE MAMAN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION GENERALE BOULANGERIE RACT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (DTVG · RESTAURANT LA CREMAILLERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB J TROLLIET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VILLARD). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LÉA LE GUENNIC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MOUGIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MERCURY AP). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (L'EDEN DE LILIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	SOLEIL LEVAIN · AUX MANGEURS DE FARINE · LES MICHES DE MAMAN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHABERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	ALIMENTATION GENERALE BOULANGERIE RACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	DTVG · RESTAURANT LA CREMAILLERE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB J TROLLIET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VILLARD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LÉA LE GUENNIC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MOUGIN	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	MERCURY 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	2	L'EDEN DE LILIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,370 2023: 3,495 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,940 (2012) → 3,495 (2023): 18.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,154 (1990) → 3,495 (2023): 62.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,739, of which 3.8 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.2 km SEPharmacy — 1.2 km SE 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 (Mercury): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mercury): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mercury): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mercury): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mercury): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VERRENS ARVEY weather station, 2.4 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 556 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 3.1 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 224 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,438 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VERRENS ARVEY, 2.4 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73154/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73154/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73154/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73154/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73154
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
Roquettes	31	462 km SW	4,280	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 %
Palaja	11	419 km SW	2,722	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 29 %
Colomars	06	224 km S	3,409	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 22 % · humidity 14 %
Boujan-sur-Libron	34	354 km SW	3,619	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 42 % · humidity 7 %
Barbazan-Debat	65	565 km SW	3,478	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Choisy-au-Bac	60	492 km NW	3,449	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Colomars	06	224 km S	3,409	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 22 % · humidity 14 %
Boujan-sur-Libron	34	354 km SW	3,619	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 42 % · humidity 7 %
Palaja	11	419 km SW	2,722	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 29 %
Roquettes	31	462 km SW	4,280	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 %
Choisy-au-Bac	60	492 km NW	3,449	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Barbazan-Debat	65	565 km SW	3,478	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Mercury'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
Danjoutin	90	220 km N	3,519	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Rivière-de-Corps	10	339 km NW	3,692	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cerny	91	435 km NW	3,531	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Veyre-Monton	63	247 km W	3,721	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Grosbliederstroff	57	390 km N	3,346	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
La Ferté-Alais	91	434 km NW	3,731	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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