Montcel

Savoie · CA Grand Lac · INSEE 73164

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montcel (INSEE 73164) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Grand Lac. Population 1,111 (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/73164-montcel

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 36 % of the 13,695 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PACCARD CLAUDE - BOULANGERIE PATIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES EIRAS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE LA RIBAMBELLE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE GABY, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD PEUROIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHRIS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PACCARD CLAUDE - BOULANGERIE PATIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LES EIRAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
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	1	COLLEGE PRIVE LA RIBAMBELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	HELENE GABY, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD PEUROIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	CHRIS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 379 2023: 1,111 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 886 (2012) → 1,111 (2023): 25.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 568 (1990) → 1,111 (2023): 95.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 616, of which 17.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.3 km NWFood shop — 3.3 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km W 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 (Montcel): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Entrelacs): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montcel): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Grésy-sur-Aix): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montcel): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 67.5

Muggy days a summer 0

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TREVIGNIN weather station, 1.9 km away at 730 m; the village itself is at 606 m. ^[11]

The village sits 124 m below 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 FECLAZ_SAPC, 8.5 km away at 1,328 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 722 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 1,512 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TREVIGNIN, 1.9 km away at 730 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73164/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73164/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73164/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73164/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73128
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
Proissans	24	380 km W	1,102	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère	86	436 km W	1,290	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Ayherre	64	629 km W	1,128	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 %
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines	78	445 km NW	850	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-les-Andrésis	45	344 km NW	952	39.1	Few services	no figures
Clarafond-Arcine	74	39 km N	1,068	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Clarafond-Arcine	74	39 km N	1,068	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-les-Andrésis	45	344 km NW	952	39.1	Few services	no figures
Proissans	24	380 km W	1,102	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère	86	436 km W	1,290	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines	78	445 km NW	850	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Ayherre	64	629 km W	1,128	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Montcel'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
Lautenbachzell	68	262 km N	942	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	548 km NW	1,321	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Doizieux	42	114 km W	856	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	516 km NW	987	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mondrepuis	02	493 km N	1,028	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Wangenbourg-Engenthal	67	338 km N	1,327	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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