Saint-Alban-des-Villards
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Alban-des-Villards (INSEE 73221) is in Savoie (73), part of CC du Canton de La Chambre. Population 92 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 9,787 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.94 | 10 | 9.38 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE TRIANDOU). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [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]
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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | LE TRIANDOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 1 / 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
Population 92 (2012) → 92 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 64 (1990) → 92 (2023): 43.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 73.8 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Colomban-des-Villards): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Colomban-des-Villards): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST COLOMBAN DES VILLARDS weather station, 2.3 km away at 1,085 m; the village itself is at 1,113 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 6 km away at 460 m, over 25 summers. [11]
That station sits 653 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 1,144 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST COLOMBAN DES VILLARDS, 2.3 km away at 1,085 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 — 73221/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73221/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73221/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73221/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73255
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73230
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73231
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Salces | 48 | 258 km W | 83 | 24.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montsapey | 73 | 25 km N | 85 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Salette-Fallavaux | 38 | 56 km S | 81 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poggiolo | 2A | 409 km SE | 104 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gourbit | 09 | 466 km SW | 82 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estaing | 65 | 577 km SW | 95 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montsapey | 73 | 25 km N | 85 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Salette-Fallavaux | 38 | 56 km S | 81 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Salces | 48 | 258 km W | 83 | 24.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poggiolo | 2A | 409 km SE | 104 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gourbit | 09 | 466 km SW | 82 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estaing | 65 | 577 km SW | 95 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 % |
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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 Saint-Alban-des-Villards'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Arcons-de-Barges | 43 | 190 km W | 119 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Astet | 07 | 188 km W | 59 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans | 38 | 26 km S | 73 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sauto | 66 | 452 km SW | 102 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chaulme | 63 | 181 km W | 118 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brion | 48 | 257 km W | 88 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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