Les Mollettes

Savoie · CC Coeur de Savoie · INSEE 73159

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Mollettes (INSEE 73159) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Savoie. Population 870 (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/73159-les-mollettes

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 15,190 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CAMPAGNARDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ARC EN CIEL). ^[3]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (ANAIS BEAUTE · L'ENVIE D'HAIR · REY MALAURY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	2	LA CAMPAGNARDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE ARC EN CIEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LES MOLLETTES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LOUIS GENTIL	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	3	ANAIS BEAUTE · L'ENVIE D'HAIR · REY MALAURY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 218 2023: 870 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 766 (2012) → 870 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 422 (1990) → 870 (2023): 106.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 361, of which 3.6 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km SWBakery — 3.5 km SGP — 3.9 km SWPharmacy — 4.0 km SW 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 (Saint-Maximin): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laissaud): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pontcharra): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pontcharra): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Mollettes): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.7

Days at or below 0 °C 60.7

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTMELIAN weather station, 3.7 km away at 264 m; the village itself is at 264 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTMELIAN, 3.7 km away at 264 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,015 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTMELIAN, 3.7 km away at 264 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38426
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38314
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73159
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
Marsaz	26	95 km SW	714	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Authezat	63	224 km W	661	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Duerne	69	121 km W	841	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Maron	54	353 km N	841	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gastins	77	421 km NW	741	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Caix	80	547 km NW	704	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marsaz	26	95 km SW	714	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Duerne	69	121 km W	841	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Authezat	63	224 km W	661	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Maron	54	353 km N	841	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gastins	77	421 km NW	741	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Caix	80	547 km NW	704	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Les Mollettes'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
Marsaz	26	95 km SW	714	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chavannes	26	97 km SW	768	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Savigny-Lévescault	86	447 km W	1,240	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte	73	12 km NE	989	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Étuz	70	210 km N	713	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Authume	39	190 km N	906	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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