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Notre-Dame-des-Millières

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73188

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Notre-Dame-des-Millières (INSEE 73188) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 988 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/73188-notre-dame-des-millieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 14,395 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 & culture050
Population trend0.8108.02
Housing mix0.7553.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Restaurant (LA POELE SAVOYARDE). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SYMPATIF'S). [3,4]

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), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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]
Restaurant1LA POELE SAVOYARDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE 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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1SYMPATIF'SINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / 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: 593 peak 2017: 1,031 2023: 988 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 955 (2012) → 988 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 759 (1990) → 988 (2023): 30.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 536, of which 12.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km W (Frontenex)Food shop — 1.9 km W (Frontenex)GP — 2.4 km SW (Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère)Pharmacy — 2.6 km W (Frontenex)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km WFood shop — 1.9 km WGP — 2.4 km SWPharmacy — 2.6 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 (Frontenex): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Frontenex): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Frontenex): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Notre-Dame-des-Millières): 0 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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 95 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GILLY SUR ISERE weather station, 3 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 343 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 4.6 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. [11]

An average of 1,351 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at GILLY SUR ISERE, 3 km away at 330 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 — 73188/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73188/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73188/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73188/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73121
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73241
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73188
  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
Malleloy54353 km N1,00726.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Éloie90233 km N95227.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Seyresse40624 km W1,02926.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 4 % · humidity 0 %
Odars31443 km SW91636Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Loup-de-Naud77400 km NW84826.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Blaise-du-Buis3870 km SW1,06228.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Blaise-du-Buis3870 km SW1,06228.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Éloie90233 km N95227.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Malleloy54353 km N1,00726.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loup-de-Naud77400 km NW84826.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Odars31443 km SW91636Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 64 %
Seyresse40624 km W1,02926.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 4 % · 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 Notre-Dame-des-Millières'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ville-en-Sallaz7458 km N89943.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pougny0165 km NW87133.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Peillonnex7456 km N1,38131.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villargondran7341 km S79027.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vaire25185 km N81231Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Reilhac15315 km W1,09025.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %