Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (INSEE 73232) is in Savoie (73), part of CC de Haute-Tarentaise. Population 686 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 60.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 16,452 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 | 0.58 | 25 | 14.41 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.67 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE STE FOY · LE CAMPAILLOU). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BROSSARD · AU MARCHE DES CIMES). [3,4]
13 × Restaurant (LE MIROIR · MARELIA · LES BREVETTES · LA BERGERIE 2011 · LES MARQUISES). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE ST GERMAIN). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEREMIE KARIBIAN, MÉDECIN · AMELIE REVIL-SIGNORAT, MÉDECIN · MICHEL CUNY, MÉDECIN · EMILIE BOULZE, MÉDECIN · MARIE GIROUD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (STE FOY TARENTAISE AP). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE MONAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LES DELICES DE STE FOY · LE CAMPAILLOU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | BROSSARD · AU MARCHE DES CIMES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 13 | LE MIROIR · MARELIA · LES BREVETTES · LA BERGERIE 2011 · LES MARQUISES | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE ST GERMAIN | INSEE SIRENE 2 [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) | 5 | JEREMIE KARIBIAN, MÉDECIN · AMELIE REVIL-SIGNORAT, MÉDECIN · MICHEL CUNY, MÉDECIN · EMILIE BOULZE, MÉDECIN · MARIE GIROUD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [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 | 1 | STE FOY TARENTAISE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | HOTEL LE MONAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [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
Population 809 (2012) → 686 (2023): -15.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 643 (1990) → 686 (2023): 6.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,637, of which 72.6 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Montvalezan): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 116 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BOURG ST MAURICE weather station, 9.7 km away at 865 m; the village itself is at 1,055 m. [10]
The village sits 190 m above 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 BOURG ST MAURICE, 9.7 km away at 865 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 190 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 1,082 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at STE-FOY-TARENTAISE, 1.4 km away at 1,230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
68 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 370,500 € — 5,917 € per m² of built surface. [11]
93 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 278,000 € — 4,760 € per m². [11]
The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73232/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73232/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73232/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73232/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73232
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73176
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 Brée-les-Bains | 17 | 639 km W | 716 | 54.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| Pianottoli-Caldarello | 2A | 488 km S | 749 | 62.9 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| Valdeblore | 06 | 170 km S | 835 | 67.8 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 % |
| Thollon-les-Mémises | 74 | 90 km N | 879 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aregno | 2B | 371 km SE | 588 | 52.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Carolles | 50 | 728 km NW | 774 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thollon-les-Mémises | 74 | 90 km N | 879 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valdeblore | 06 | 170 km S | 835 | 67.8 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 % |
| Aregno | 2B | 371 km SE | 588 | 52.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Pianottoli-Caldarello | 2A | 488 km S | 749 | 62.9 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| La Brée-les-Bains | 17 | 639 km W | 716 | 54.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| Carolles | 50 | 728 km NW | 774 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montvalezan | 73 | 3.8 km NW | 734 | 75.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arreau | 65 | 599 km SW | 725 | 68 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Servoz | 74 | 39 km N | 1,169 | 45.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Vigneaux | 05 | 89 km S | 510 | 37.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laffrey | 38 | 107 km SW | 466 | 52.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Onnion | 74 | 72 km NW | 1,299 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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