Planay

Savoie · CC Val Vanoise · INSEE 73201

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

Partly served 45.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Planay (INSEE 73201) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Val Vanoise. Population 442 (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/73201-planay

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,937 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.74
Housing mix	0.22	5	1.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAISONS GUY GROS). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RITORD). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA KOKELA SUSHI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SALAISONS GUY GROS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	RITORD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LA KOKELA SUSHI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PLANAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 564 2023: 442 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 442 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 347 (1990) → 442 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 453, of which 38.9 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km WBakery — 0.9 km NGP — 2.4 km WPharmacy — 2.8 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 (Champagny-en-Vanoise): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Planay): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bozel): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bozel): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Planay): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 111.1▸

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 111 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRALOGNAN LA VANOISE weather station, 6.8 km away at 1,420 m; the village itself is at 901 m. ^[11]

The village sits 519 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]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOZEL, 2.8 km away at 865 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73055
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
Omessa	2B	397 km SE	595	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
La Roque-Gageac	24	437 km W	448	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 0 %
Vézac	24	438 km W	533	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 0 %
Albé	67	328 km N	473	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 35 %
Séranon	06	186 km S	540	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Pietracorbara	2B	362 km SE	652	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Séranon	06	186 km S	540	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Albé	67	328 km N	473	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 35 %
Pietracorbara	2B	362 km SE	652	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 0 %
Omessa	2B	397 km SE	595	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
La Roque-Gageac	24	437 km W	448	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 0 %
Vézac	24	438 km W	533	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 0 %

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