Salins-Fontaine

Savoie · CC Coeur de Tarentaise · INSEE 73284

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salins-Fontaine (INSEE 73284) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Coeur de Tarentaise. Population 941 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Fontaine-le-Puits (73115). ^[3]

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/73284-salins-fontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 63 % of the 14,700 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.35	10	3.48
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU LEVAIN OUBLIE). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (SALINS-DISTRI). ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (L'ENDROIT · RESTAURANT DU TENNIS CLUB · MARGAD SUSHI). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF BARDASSIER TARTARAT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JOSEPH BARDASSIER). ^[4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU LEVAIN OUBLIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	SALINS-DISTRI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	3	L'ENDROIT · RESTAURANT DU TENNIS CLUB · MARGAD SUSHI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF BARDASSIER TARTARAT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JOSEPH BARDASSIER	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 24 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 795 peak 1975: 1,167 2023: 941 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,022 (2012) → 941 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,110 (1990) → 941 (2023): -15.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 700, of which 15.9 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km SBakery — 1.3 km NGP — 1.4 km NPharmacy — 1.5 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 (Moûtiers): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Salins-Fontaine): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Moûtiers): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Moûtiers): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Salins-Fontaine): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.6

Days at or below 0 °C 73.3

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUTIERS weather station, 1.5 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 522 m. ^[11]

An average of 946 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOUTIERS, 1.5 km away at 480 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73284/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73284/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73284/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73284/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73284
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
Saint-Laurent-les-Tours	46	369 km W	868	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Aujargues	30	267 km SW	815	49.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 54 %
Aureilhan	40	625 km W	1,146	35.3	Few services	no figures
Sermersheim	67	329 km N	955	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 84 %
Servas	01	129 km NW	1,286	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Python	59	572 km N	978	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Servas	01	129 km NW	1,286	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Aujargues	30	267 km SW	815	49.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 54 %
Sermersheim	67	329 km N	955	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Laurent-les-Tours	46	369 km W	868	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Python	59	572 km N	978	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 64 %
Aureilhan	40	625 km W	1,146	35.3	Few services	no figures

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