Thénésol

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73292

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thénésol (INSEE 73292) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 326 (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 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,971 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.81	10	8.15
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (POPINE UP). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	POPINE UP	INSEE BPE 1 / 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 ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 171 2023: 326 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 251 (2012) → 326 (2023): 29.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 248 (1990) → 326 (2023): 31.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 11 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 3.6 km SBakery — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 3.9 km S 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 (Albertville): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Albertville): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Venthon): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Albertville): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Thénésol): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the UGINE weather station, 5.6 km away at 539 m; the village itself is at 525 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 5.9 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 193 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,398 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at UGINE, 5.6 km away at 539 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73292/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73292/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73292/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73292/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73308
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73292
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
Saulchoy	62	616 km NW	325	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 82 %
Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon	27	535 km NW	312	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Sancy-lès-Provins	77	402 km NW	339	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Argenton	47	517 km W	331	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Monnet-la-Ville	39	121 km N	332	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Girac	46	369 km W	355	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monnet-la-Ville	39	121 km N	332	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Girac	46	369 km W	355	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %
Sancy-lès-Provins	77	402 km NW	339	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Argenton	47	517 km W	331	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon	27	535 km NW	312	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saulchoy	62	616 km NW	325	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 82 %

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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 Thénésol'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
Lupé	42	137 km W	314	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mayet-d'École	03	249 km W	304	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Serrières	71	148 km NW	300	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Les Hays	39	153 km NW	362	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Champenoise	36	378 km NW	310	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mignères	45	387 km NW	308	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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