Saint-Franc

Savoie · CC Coeur de Chartreuse · INSEE 73233

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Franc (INSEE 73233) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Chartreuse. Population 155 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73233-saint-franc

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,382 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.78	10	7.81
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AU PRE DES ETOILES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU BOIS DE LA TEPPE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	AU PRE DES ETOILES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU BOIS DE LA TEPPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 108 peak 2017: 167 2023: 155 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 140 (2012) → 155 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 155 (2023): 28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 95, of which 15.8 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.7 km NWBakery — 1.8 km NWGP — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 3.8 km NFood shop — 4.3 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): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bridoire): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Bridoire): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Bridoire): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Béron): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.7

Days at or below 0 °C 86.8

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAC AIGUEBELETTE weather station, 9 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 641 m. ^[10]

The village sits 266 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 LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 9 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 266 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 1,593 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 12.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE LA-GROTTE, 4.9 km away at 420 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 — 73233/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73233/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73233/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73233/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
Lhoumois	79	472 km W	157	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Le Planquay	27	567 km NW	158	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Félix-de-Tournegat	09	412 km SW	155	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 15 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Eugène	71	183 km NW	150	14.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Avit-de-Vialard	24	387 km W	152	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil	24	370 km W	157	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 16 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Eugène	71	183 km NW	150	14.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil	24	370 km W	157	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 16 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Avit-de-Vialard	24	387 km W	152	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Félix-de-Tournegat	09	412 km SW	155	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 15 % · humidity 36 %
Lhoumois	79	472 km W	157	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Le Planquay	27	567 km NW	158	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 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-Franc'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
Amathay-Vésigneux	25	174 km N	175	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Trois-Fonds	23	285 km W	141	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Languimberg	57	372 km N	155	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe	23	309 km W	148	11.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Racho	71	137 km NW	158	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Bruyère	70	263 km N	163	7.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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