Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves

Savoie · CC Coeur de Maurienne Arvan · INSEE 73280

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

Served 72.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves (INSEE 73280) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Maurienne Arvan. Population 347 (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 72.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 18,047 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	0.82	25	20.39
Social	0.93	20	18.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.81	10	8.07
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.92
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE COMPTOIR DU REGAL · LA BONH'EURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL D J P). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL J D · SARL E.J.V · LA CABINE). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (BEAUSOLEIL · L AVALANCHE CAFE · LA LAISSE · LE SAINT S'O · LE TETRAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CENTRE · L'AVALANCHE CAFE). ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER DAUPHIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME PAUCHON, MÉDECIN · NELLY MLADENOVIC, MÉDECIN · PÉNÉLOPE DUPONT-BOURGOIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DES ARVES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SORLIN D ARVES AP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU LES CHOSEAUX). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL L'ETENDARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE COMPTOIR DU REGAL · LA BONH'EURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL D J P	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	SARL J D · SARL E.J.V · LA CABINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	16	BEAUSOLEIL · L AVALANCHE CAFE · LA LAISSE · LE SAINT S'O · LE TETRAS	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CENTRE · L'AVALANCHE CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	DIDIER DAUPHIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME PAUCHON, MÉDECIN · NELLY MLADENOVIC, MÉDECIN · PÉNÉLOPE DUPONT-BOURGOIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DES ARVES	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	SAINT SORLIN D ARVES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU LES CHOSEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	HOTEL L'ETENDARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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: 300 peak 2007: 365 2023: 347 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 340 (2012) → 347 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 291 (1990) → 347 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,855, of which 89.3 % second homes and 1.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km W 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-Sorlin-d'Arves): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0▸

Days at or below 0 °C 152.8▸

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 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 153 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST COLOMBAN DES VILLARDS weather station, 8 km away at 1,085 m; the village itself is at 1,518 m. ^[9]

The village sits 433 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MAUR, 9.2 km away at 610 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 908 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-SORLIN D'ARVES, 1.5 km away at 1,694 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73280
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
Villarembert	73	4.5 km NE	253	66.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Montgenèvre	05	50 km SE	461	65.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Uvernet-Fours	04	101 km S	499	69.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Eaux-Bonnes	64	585 km SW	215	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 0 %
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe	73	69 km N	463	67.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Les Angles	66	444 km SW	597	70.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villarembert	73	4.5 km NE	253	66.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Montgenèvre	05	50 km SE	461	65.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe	73	69 km N	463	67.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Uvernet-Fours	04	101 km S	499	69.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Les Angles	66	444 km SW	597	70.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Eaux-Bonnes	64	585 km SW	215	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 0 %

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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-Sorlin-d'Arves'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
Vars	05	78 km SE	588	70.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Formiguères	66	440 km SW	494	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vaujany	38	14 km SW	357	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Grave	05	20 km S	479	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Molines-en-Queyras	05	73 km SE	307	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ceillac	05	75 km SE	265	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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