Montvernier

Identity

Montvernier (INSEE 73177) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Maurienne Arvan. Population 240 (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/73177-montvernier

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,060 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O P'TITS LACETS). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 226 (2012) → 240 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 115 (1990) → 240 (2023): 108.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 31.8 % second homes and 1.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Tour-en-Maurienne): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Tour-en-Maurienne): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 105 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the STE MARIE CUINES weather station, 3.8 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 786 m. ^[11]

The village sits 326 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 3.8 km away at 460 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 326 m below 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 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 3.8 km away at 460 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 — 73177/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73177/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73177/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73177/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73255
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73135
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73231
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024