Orelle

Identity

Orelle (INSEE 73194) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Maurienne Galibier. Population 324 (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/73194-orelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,979 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ORELLE'S SHOP). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE HAMEAU DES EAUX · PIZZA DES 4 VALLEES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ORELLE AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 368 (2012) → 324 (2023): -12 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 324 (1990) → 324 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 599, of which 65.4 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orelle): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Valmeinier): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Orelle): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MICHEL DE MAURIENNE LE THYL weather station, 3.9 km away at 1,345 m; the village itself is at 952 m. ^[11]

The village sits 393 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 ST MICHEL MAUR_SAPC, 5.7 km away at 698 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 254 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 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-MICHEL DE MAURIENNE LE THYL, 3.9 km away at 1,345 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 — 73194/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73194/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73194/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73194/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73261
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73194
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73307
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024