Saint-Avre

Savoie · CC du Canton de La Chambre · INSEE 73224

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

Partly served 46.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Avre (INSEE 73224) is in Savoie (73), part of CC du Canton de La Chambre. Population 925 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 46.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 14,834 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.98	10	9.75
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FERME CARTIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ESCALE GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MR-BAR). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (TENTATIONS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	LA FERME CARTIER	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	L'ESCALE GOURMANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	MR-BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	TENTATIONS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 568 2023: 925 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 845 (2012) → 925 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 925 (2023): 47.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 585, of which 9.9 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.1 km NWBakery — 1.2 km NWPharmacy — 1.2 km NW 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 (La Chambre): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Avre): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chambre): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Chambre): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Avre): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.2

Days at or below 0 °C 78.6

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the STE MARIE CUINES weather station, 1 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 471 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 1 km away at 460 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 1 km away at 460 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 — 73224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73224
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
Aubrives	08	541 km N	951	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Soisy-Bouy	77	419 km NW	850	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
L'Éguille	17	569 km W	910	49.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %
Ardillières	17	565 km W	890	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
Mas-Saintes-Puelles	11	419 km SW	923	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 23 % · humidity 29 %
Los Masos	66	432 km SW	966	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mas-Saintes-Puelles	11	419 km SW	923	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 23 % · humidity 29 %
Soisy-Bouy	77	419 km NW	850	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Los Masos	66	432 km SW	966	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Aubrives	08	541 km N	951	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Ardillières	17	565 km W	890	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
L'Éguille	17	569 km W	910	49.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Avre'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
Châteauneuf	73	24 km NW	901	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte	73	27 km NW	989	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Cruet	73	26 km NW	1,056	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lamothe	43	225 km W	819	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lougres	25	237 km N	742	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Charbonnier-les-Mines	63	236 km W	930	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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