Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières

Identity

Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières (INSEE 73220) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Porte de Maurienne. Population 404 (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/73220-saint-alban-d-hurtieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 18,020 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ THUAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CAFE GOURMAND). ^[4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 328 (2012) → 404 (2023): 23.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 211 (1990) → 404 (2023): 91.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 40.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Val-d'Arc): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val-d'Arc): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val-d'Arc): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Val-d'Arc): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-ALBAN DES HURTIERES weather station, 0.7 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 525 m. ^[10]

The village sits 85 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 15.7 km away at 460 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 65 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,278 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-ALBAN DES HURTIERES, 0.7 km away at 610 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73220/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73220/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73220/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73220/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73212
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73237
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024