Saint-Vital

Identity

Saint-Vital (INSEE 73283) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 767 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73283-saint-vital

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 15,914 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 657 (2012) → 767 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 454 (1990) → 767 (2023): 68.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 336, of which 4.2 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Frontenex): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Frontenex): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Frontenex): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Frontenex): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Vital): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VERRENS ARVEY weather station, 3.8 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 324 m. ^[10]

The village sits 206 m below 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 6.9 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,438 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERRENS ARVEY, 3.8 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 315,200 € — 2,997 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 118,750 € — 2,390 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73283/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73283/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73283/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73283/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73121
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73283
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025