Saint-Béron

Savoie · CC Val Guiers · INSEE 73226

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

Few services 36.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Béron (INSEE 73226) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Val Guiers. Population 1,713 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73226-saint-beron

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 10,648 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.93	10	9.3
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LE PIED DU CAYON · AU TEMPS DE JOSEPHINE · MEGLACONCEPT · LE PEROU · CUZCO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE EN VOYAGE LES LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS BOULODROME). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE BETTY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	5	LE PIED DU CAYON · AU TEMPS DE JOSEPHINE · MEGLACONCEPT · LE PEROU · CUZCO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 EN VOYAGE LES LIVRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS BOULODROME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LES CISEAUX DE BETTY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,176 2023: 1,713 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,596 (2012) → 1,713 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,198 (1990) → 1,713 (2023): 43 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 845, of which 5.7 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.5 km NPharmacy — 2.5 km NFood shop — 3.1 km N 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 (Saint-Béron): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Bridoire): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (La Bridoire): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Bridoire): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Béron): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.2

Days at or below 0 °C 56.1

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAC AIGUEBELETTE weather station, 8.5 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 313 m. ^[11]

The village sits 62 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 8.5 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 62 m above 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 1,593 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 12.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE LA-GROTTE, 6.6 km away at 420 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 — 73226/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/952f0be3-063e-3079-a596-77c5d1c33dcf— “Marché hebdomadaire saint béronnais”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73226/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73226/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73226/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73226
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73058
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
Saint-Forgeux	69	106 km W	1,544	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montlaur	31	399 km SW	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Quilly	44	627 km NW	1,565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	438 km NW	1,543	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montpezat	30	222 km SW	1,402	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Viuz-la-Chiésaz	74	43 km NE	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Viuz-la-Chiésaz	74	43 km NE	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Forgeux	69	106 km W	1,544	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montpezat	30	222 km SW	1,402	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Montlaur	31	399 km SW	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	438 km NW	1,543	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Quilly	44	627 km NW	1,565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %

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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-Béron'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-Forgeux	69	106 km W	1,544	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Château-Gaillard	01	62 km NW	2,443	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne	42	147 km NW	1,170	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Villemoirieu	38	45 km NW	1,925	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	64 km NW	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Serpaize	38	64 km W	2,091	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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