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Montagny

Savoie · CC Val Vanoise · INSEE 73161

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montagny (INSEE 73161) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Val Vanoise. Population 658 (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/73161-montagny

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,680 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.8108.03
Housing mix0.2151.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES BOUTONS D'OR). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE BEROUD). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1LES BOUTONS D'ORINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE BEROUDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 581 peak 2012: 673 2023: 658 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 673 (2012) → 658 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 505 (1990) → 658 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 597, of which 39.7 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.7 km W (Brides-les-Bains)GP — 1.8 km W (Brides-les-Bains)Food shop — 2.1 km W (Brides-les-Bains)Pharmacy — 4.7 km E (Bozel)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km WGP — 1.8 km WFood shop — 2.1 km WPharmacy — 4.7 km E 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 (Brides-les-Bains): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Brides-les-Bains): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Brides-les-Bains): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bozel): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Montagny): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 123 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MOUTIERS weather station, 5.5 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 1,072 m. [11]

The village sits 592 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]

An average of 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BRIDES LES BAIN, 1.6 km away at 600 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 — 73161/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73161/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73161/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73161/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73057
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73055
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73161
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jarrier7329 km SW50625Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Chandolas07218 km SW54743.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 16 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte7327 km SW69835.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 %
Nancy-sur-Cluses7465 km N46330.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 45 %
Les Assions07222 km SW76741.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 18 %
Seytroux7488 km N53837.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte7327 km SW69835.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 %
Jarrier7329 km SW50625Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Nancy-sur-Cluses7465 km N46330.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 45 %
Seytroux7488 km N53837.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Chandolas07218 km SW54743.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 16 %
Les Assions07222 km SW76741.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 18 %

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