Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73241

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère (INSEE 73241) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 1,248 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73241-sainte-helene-sur-isere

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 12,973 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.95	10	9.53
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

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

3 × Restaurant (SY'DELICES · L'IDEALE · SHOW-PATATE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS LORIOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (MAIRIE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ANGELIQUE G'HAIR ET BARBER · HAIR STYLIST DJAM). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LE SAINTE-HELENE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA GARRIGUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	SY'DELICES · L'IDEALE · SHOW-PATATE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	1	FRANCOIS LORIOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ANGELIQUE G'HAIR ET BARBER · HAIR STYLIST DJAM	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LE SAINTE-HELENE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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

1968: 600 2023: 1,248 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,134 (2012) → 1,248 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 859 (1990) → 1,248 (2023): 45.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 663, of which 5.9 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.6 km NPharmacy — 2.3 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 (Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Frontenex): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Frontenex): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.4

Days at or below 0 °C 94.8▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 95 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GILLY SUR ISERE weather station, 4.7 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 349 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 6.7 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,351 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GILLY SUR ISERE, 4.7 km away at 330 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 — 73241/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73241/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73241/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73241/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73121
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
Sonnay	38	114 km W	1,234	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Kermaria-Sulard	22	812 km NW	1,112	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue	42	148 km W	1,081	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Cornillon-Confoux	13	249 km SW	1,667	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Romain-de-Popey	69	141 km W	1,725	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Courzieu	69	137 km W	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sonnay	38	114 km W	1,234	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Courzieu	69	137 km W	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-de-Popey	69	141 km W	1,725	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue	42	148 km W	1,081	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Cornillon-Confoux	13	249 km SW	1,667	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Kermaria-Sulard	22	812 km NW	1,112	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · 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-sur-Isère'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
Corbenay	70	253 km N	1,248	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour	19	356 km W	928	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Juillac	19	391 km W	1,153	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montferrat	38	59 km W	1,846	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pouligney-Lusans	25	191 km N	850	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vignieu	38	70 km W	1,024	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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