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La Léchère

Savoie · CC des Vallées d'Aigueblanche · INSEE 73187

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

Partly served 47.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Léchère (INSEE 73187) is in Savoie (73), part of CC des Vallées d'Aigueblanche. Population 2,538 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 7 former communes: Bonneval (73046), Celliers (73060), Doucy (73102), Feissons-sur-Isère (73112), Naves (73185), Petit-Cœur (73199), Pussy (73209). [3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73187-la-lechere

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 8,158 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.49209.89
Education0.95109.5
Health0.63106.29
Public & culture0.5152.56
Population trend0.54105.41
Housing mix0.0750.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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. [4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE SHERPA). [4,5]

9 × Restaurant (CHEZ FRED · LFM · LE PETIT MONTAGNARD). [4,5]

6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE NOTRE-DAME-DE-BRIANCON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PUSSY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DOUCY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE EDMOND ROCHAIX · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE BUFFAUD, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE VERDET, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIA SCHOEN, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE ROBERT, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA LECHERE). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA LECHERE AP). [4]

2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU VILLAGE 92 · 73 - SAVOIE-BIBLIO CENTRE DE TARENTAISE). [4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE VILLAGE 92). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (MAGALIE COIFFURE). [4,5]

3 × Hotel (HOTEL RADIANA · HOTEL LA DARENTASIA · HOTEL LA CABRIERE). [4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LE SHERPAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant9CHEZ FRED · LFM · LE PETIT MONTAGNARDINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,5]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)6ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE NOTRE-DAME-DE-BRIANCON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PUSSY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DOUCY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE EDMOND ROCHAIX · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 6 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)4ANTOINE BUFFAUD, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE VERDET, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIA SCHOEN, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE ROBERT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [4]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE LA LECHEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1LA LECHERE APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library2MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU VILLAGE 92 · 73 - SAVOIE-BIBLIO CENTRE DE TARENTAISEINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASE VILLAGE 92INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser1MAGALIE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel3HOTEL RADIANA · HOTEL LA DARENTASIA · HOTEL LA CABRIEREINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [4,5]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,339 2023: 2,538 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,574 (2012) → 2,538 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 2,438 (1990) → 2,538 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,605, of which 46.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.6 km NE (La Léchère)Food shop — 2.4 km SE (Grand-Aigueblanche)Bakery — 2.8 km SE (Grand-Aigueblanche)
In the commune GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km NEFood shop — 2.4 km SEBakery — 2.8 km SE 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 (Grand-Aigueblanche): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Grand-Aigueblanche): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (La Léchère): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (La Léchère): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (La Léchère): 0.6 km to the north-east (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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 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 440 m. [11]

An average of 1,207 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LA LECHERE_SAPC, 3.6 km away at 1,195 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 — 73187/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73187/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73187/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73187/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73003
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73187
  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
Èze06211 km S2,14442.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 5 %
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages29889 km NW1,97254.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 5 %
Névez29824 km W2,79554.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 20 %
Assérac44712 km W1,89058.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 39 %
La Barre-de-Monts85679 km W2,36762.4ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 34 %
Trévou-Tréguignec22828 km NW1,60349.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 5 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Èze06211 km S2,14442.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 5 %
La Barre-de-Monts85679 km W2,36762.4ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 34 %
Assérac44712 km W1,89058.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 39 %
Névez29824 km W2,79554.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 20 %
Trévou-Tréguignec22828 km NW1,60349.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 5 %
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages29889 km NW1,97254.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 5 %

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Elsewhere

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