Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac

Savoie · CC Coeur de Savoie · INSEE 73240

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

Few services 37.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac (INSEE 73240) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Savoie. Population 855 (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 37.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 15,275 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAISONS DE LA SAINT HUBERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (KARL GUSTAV BRASSERIE - KGB). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SALAISONS DE LA SAINT HUBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	KARL GUSTAV BRASSERIE - KGB	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 342 2023: 855 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 719 (2012) → 855 (2023): 18.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 543 (1990) → 855 (2023): 57.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 7.2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km NWBakery — 2.0 km NWGP — 2.1 km NPharmacy — 2.2 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 (Montmélian): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montmélian): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmélian): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.7

Days at or below 0 °C 60.7

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTMELIAN weather station, 1.8 km away at 264 m; the village itself is at 267 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTMELIAN, 1.8 km away at 264 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,116 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA CHAVANNE, 1.7 km away at 318 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 — 73240/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73240/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73240/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73240/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73240
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
Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit	76	598 km NW	826	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Mazerolles	86	428 km W	834	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil-en-Bray	60	525 km NW	813	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Moutiers	35	619 km NW	896	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Hilsprich	57	398 km N	847	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Chay	17	542 km W	840	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hilsprich	57	398 km N	847	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mazerolles	86	428 km W	834	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil-en-Bray	60	525 km NW	813	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Chay	17	542 km W	840	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit	76	598 km NW	826	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Moutiers	35	619 km NW	896	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 64 % · 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 Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac'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
Orbeil	63	217 km W	883	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Geyssans	26	86 km SW	755	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Parnans	26	83 km SW	701	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saussenac	81	342 km SW	632	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bardoux	26	96 km SW	599	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Triors	26	86 km SW	633	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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