Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne

Savoie · CC Maurienne Galibier · INSEE 73261

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

Partly served 54/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (INSEE 73261) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Maurienne Galibier. Population 2,395 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73261-saint-michel-de-maurienne

Vitality score

Vitality score 54/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 8,502 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.32	10	3.2
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN DES ALPES · BOULANGERIE AU PAIN DES ALPES · LE VIEUX FOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE BILLOT MAURIENNAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LA SCUDERIA · L'ENCAS · CHRIS · CAMPERO'S · CHEZ MICHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CHEZ KARINE · LE COSY BAR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU CENTRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL MOUGIN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIE ERB, MÉDECIN · LOUISE POURRADIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU TELEGRAPHE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Cinema (ESPACE CULTUREL LE SAVOIE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (PETIT GYMNASE · GRAND GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE DES SAVOIES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (MORGANE COIFFURE · RACINE CARREE · AU PETIT SALON). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (SAVOY HOTEL · HOTEL LE MARINTAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MARINTAN). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AU PAIN DES ALPES · BOULANGERIE AU PAIN DES ALPES · LE VIEUX FOUR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE BILLOT MAURIENNAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	LA SCUDERIA · L'ENCAS · CHRIS · CAMPERO'S · CHEZ MICHE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CHEZ KARINE · LE COSY BAR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PAUL MOUGIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JULIE ERB, MÉDECIN · LOUISE POURRADIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU TELEGRAPHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	ESPACE CULTUREL LE SAVOIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	PETIT GYMNASE · GRAND GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CREDIT AGRICOLE DES SAVOIES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	MORGANE COIFFURE · RACINE CARREE · AU PETIT SALON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	SAVOY HOTEL · HOTEL LE MARINTAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE MARINTAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Friday nouveau parking du centre-ville (seasonal). No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,978 2023: 2,395 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,584 (2012) → 2,395 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,919 (1990) → 2,395 (2023): -18 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,849, of which 24.7 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Michel-de-Maurienne): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.2

Days at or below 0 °C 88.5

Muggy days a summer 0

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST MICHEL MAUR_SAPC weather station, 0.8 km away at 698 m; the village itself is at 745 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST MICHEL MAUR_SAPC, 0.8 km away at 698 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST MICHEL MAUR_SAPC, 0.8 km away at 698 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saint-michel-de-maurienne.com/actualites/marche-hebdomadaire/— “À partir du vendredi 18 septembre 2026 et jusqu'à fin novembre”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73261
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
Buis-les-Baronnies	26	142 km SW	2,218	66.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Vic-sur-Cère	15	303 km W	1,905	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Guillestre	05	64 km S	2,295	70.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Salins-les-Bains	39	197 km N	2,390	66.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Ychoux	40	595 km W	2,338	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 53 %
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm	85	612 km W	2,329	50.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guillestre	05	64 km S	2,295	70.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Buis-les-Baronnies	26	142 km SW	2,218	66.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Salins-les-Bains	39	197 km N	2,390	66.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Vic-sur-Cère	15	303 km W	1,905	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ychoux	40	595 km W	2,338	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 53 %
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm	85	612 km W	2,329	50.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 14 %

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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-Michel-de-Maurienne'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
Vic-sur-Cère	15	303 km W	1,905	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine	38	71 km W	2,392	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Retournac	43	191 km W	3,007	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Félix	74	76 km NW	2,439	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vorey	43	201 km W	1,488	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-le-Gaz	38	82 km NW	2,754	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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