Montvalezan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 75.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montvalezan (INSEE 73176) is in Savoie (73), part of CC de Haute-Tarentaise. Population 734 (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/73176-montvalezan
Vitality score
Vitality score 75.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 100 % of the 16,179 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 | 0.83 | 25 | 20.65 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.93 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.75 | 10 | 7.48 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.25 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LEDEME · PAIN ET CROISSANT). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOPERATIVE LAITIERE DE HAUTE TARENTAISE · VILLIOD ODILE · LA FERME DE MONTVALEZAN · SHERPA). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MONTAGNE). [3,4]
24 × Restaurant (LE PLAN DU REPOS · ANCOLIE · SARL TATONY · AUX TROIS OURS · L'ENTRE DEUX). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (BAR LE 1850). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ARNAUD BOUVET, MÉDECIN · LAURINE JACQUEMOUD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PHARMABELLE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA ROSIERE MONTVALEZAN AP). [3]
1 × Cinema (RUITOR). [3]
2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
4 × Hotel (I.L.Y HÔTELS LA ROSIÈRE · HOTEL CHALET L'ACCROCHE COEUR · HOTEL RELAIS DU PETIT SAINT BERNARD · HOTEL ALPARENA). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA FORET). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LEDEME · PAIN ET CROISSANT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | COOPERATIVE LAITIERE DE HAUTE TARENTAISE · VILLIOD ODILE · LA FERME DE MONTVALEZAN · SHERPA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MONTAGNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 24 | LE PLAN DU REPOS · ANCOLIE · SARL TATONY · AUX TROIS OURS · L'ENTRE DEUX | INSEE BPE 24 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | BAR LE 1850 | INSEE SIRENE 5 [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) | 2 | ARNAUD BOUVET, MÉDECIN · LAURINE JACQUEMOUD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE PHARMABELLE | 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 | LA ROSIERE MONTVALEZAN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 1 | RUITOR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 4 | I.L.Y HÔTELS LA ROSIÈRE · HOTEL CHALET L'ACCROCHE COEUR · HOTEL RELAIS DU PETIT SAINT BERNARD · HOTEL ALPARENA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 53 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LA FORET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 661 (2012) → 734 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 554 (1990) → 734 (2023): 32.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,726, of which 86 % second homes and 1.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montvalezan): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Montvalezan): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Montvalezan): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Montvalezan): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montvalezan): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BOURG ST MAURICE weather station, 6.5 km away at 865 m; the village itself is at 1,157 m. [9]
The village sits 292 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BOURG ST MAURICE, 6.5 km away at 865 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 292 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 1,082 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at STE-FOY-TARENTAISE, 3.3 km away at 1,230 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 — 73176/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73176/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73176/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73176/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73176
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valloire | 73 | 59 km SW | 1,064 | 63.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orcières | 05 | 111 km S | 651 | 72.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Risoul | 05 | 108 km S | 664 | 80.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Portes-en-Ré | 17 | 649 km W | 577 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 % |
| Les Avanchers-Valmorel | 73 | 34 km SW | 724 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vars | 05 | 114 km S | 588 | 70.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Avanchers-Valmorel | 73 | 34 km SW | 724 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valloire | 73 | 59 km SW | 1,064 | 63.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Risoul | 05 | 108 km S | 664 | 80.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orcières | 05 | 111 km S | 651 | 72.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vars | 05 | 114 km S | 588 | 70.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Portes-en-Ré | 17 | 649 km W | 577 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 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 Montvalezan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Avanchers-Valmorel | 73 | 34 km SW | 724 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise | 73 | 3.8 km SE | 686 | 60.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Manigod | 74 | 46 km NW | 1,000 | 62.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vallouise-Pelvoux | 05 | 87 km S | 1,138 | 59.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allègre | 43 | 249 km W | 922 | 63.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lescheraines | 73 | 59 km W | 803 | 79.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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