Saint-François-de-Sales
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-François-de-Sales (INSEE 73234) is in Savoie (73), part of CA du Grand Chambéry. Population 190 (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 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 74 % of the 15,694 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.24 | 5 | 1.19 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (JIM PERSPECTIVES · NORDICEA). [3,4]
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 | 2 | JIM PERSPECTIVES · NORDICEA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 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 151 (2012) → 190 (2023): 25.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 96 (1990) → 190 (2023): 97.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 38.1 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Noyer): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lescheraines): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Lescheraines): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Le Châtelard): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Arith): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 138 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LESCHERAINES weather station, 5.6 km away at 591 m; the village itself is at 821 m. [12]
The village sits 230 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at FECLAZ_SAPC, 6.7 km away at 1,328 m, over 18 summers. [12]
That station sits 507 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,363 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at LESCHERAINES, 5.6 km away at 591 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73234/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73234/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73234/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73234/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73192
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73081
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73020
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allas-les-Mines | 24 | 401 km W | 203 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| Esténos | 31 | 527 km SW | 191 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beyrède-Jumet-Camous | 65 | 544 km SW | 194 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Escamps | 46 | 377 km W | 206 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bédeilhac-et-Aynat | 09 | 475 km SW | 178 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chaum | 31 | 527 km SW | 205 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escamps | 46 | 377 km W | 206 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Allas-les-Mines | 24 | 401 km W | 203 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| Bédeilhac-et-Aynat | 09 | 475 km SW | 178 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chaum | 31 | 527 km SW | 205 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Esténos | 31 | 527 km SW | 191 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beyrède-Jumet-Camous | 65 | 544 km SW | 194 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
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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-François-de-Sales'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Villedieu | 25 | 118 km N | 233 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Pré | 73 | 46 km SE | 258 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 05 | 127 km S | 209 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sarrageois | 25 | 117 km N | 197 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loulle | 39 | 115 km N | 176 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Alliés | 25 | 144 km N | 172 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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