Val-d'Arc

Savoie · CC Porte de Maurienne · INSEE 73212

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

Served 62.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val-d'Arc (INSEE 73212) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Porte de Maurienne. Population 2,026 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Aiguebelle (73002). ^[3]

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/73212-val-d-arc

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 9,528 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.87	10	8.66
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MONT TOUTPOINT · LE PAIN DE GIL - GIL COSMEGIENE). ^[4,5]

2 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (OGBEIDE ANGELA · MAISON CHEVALLIER · BRASSERIE DE LA PLACE · GA L BI). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (AU P.M). ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU PARC). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA LAUZIERE). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOISE PICOLLET-BONNE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BASTIEN BOUVIER, MÉDECIN · CAROLE PACCARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DURAND DELWAL). ^[4,5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (AIGUEBELLE RP · LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE PORTE DE MAURIENNE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Bank (CRCAM DES SAVOIE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (SARL DE MECHE AVEC VOUS · MICEAU). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MONT TOUTPOINT · LE PAIN DE GIL - GIL COSMEGIENE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	2	INTERMARCHE · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	OGBEIDE ANGELA · MAISON CHEVALLIER · BRASSERIE DE LA PLACE · GA L BI	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Café / bar	2	AU P.M	INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DU PARC	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LA LAUZIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	FRANCOISE PICOLLET-BONNE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BASTIEN BOUVIER, MÉDECIN · CAROLE PACCARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DURAND DELWAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	AIGUEBELLE RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	1	RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE PORTE DE MAURIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	1	CRCAM DES SAVOIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Hairdresser	3	SARL DE MECHE AVEC VOUS · MICEAU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 1,779 2023: 2,026 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,984 (2012) → 2,026 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,483 (1990) → 2,026 (2023): 36.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,149, of which 5.2 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Val-d'Arc): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val-d'Arc): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val-d'Arc): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val-d'Arc): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Val-d'Arc): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

Muggy days a summer 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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-ALBAN DES HURTIERES weather station, 8 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 321 m. ^[10]

The village sits 289 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 14 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,521 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTSAPEY, 3.2 km away at 960 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73212
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
La Ferté-Milon	02	470 km NW	2,027	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Marolles-les-Braults	72	546 km NW	2,039	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 100 %
Ligueil	37	454 km NW	2,105	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bacqueville-en-Caux	76	617 km NW	1,914	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Monthermé	08	497 km N	2,138	53.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Juilly	77	472 km NW	2,036	53	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ligueil	37	454 km NW	2,105	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Ferté-Milon	02	470 km NW	2,027	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Juilly	77	472 km NW	2,036	53	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Monthermé	08	497 km N	2,138	53.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Marolles-les-Braults	72	546 km NW	2,039	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 100 %
Bacqueville-en-Caux	76	617 km NW	1,914	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Val-d'Arc'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montbron	16	452 km W	2,000	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Prissé	71	149 km NW	1,898	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Loup-Géanges	71	189 km NW	1,633	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chirens	38	61 km W	2,546	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villette-de-Vienne	38	109 km W	2,025	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Diémoz	38	95 km W	2,947	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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