La Thuile

Identity

La Thuile (INSEE 73294) is in Savoie (73), part of CA du Grand Chambéry. Population 353 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73294-la-thuile

Vitality score

Vitality score 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 18,024 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CUISINE DE MARIETTE · L'AUBERGE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DES CIMES). ^[3,4]

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 307 (2012) → 353 (2023): 15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 229 (1990) → 353 (2023): 54.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 17.6 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montmélian): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arbin): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montmélian): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmélian): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Thuile): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTMELIAN weather station, 4.4 km away at 264 m; the village itself is at 887 m. ^[11]

The village sits 623 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTMELIAN, 4.4 km away at 264 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 623 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 1,015 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTMELIAN, 4.4 km away at 264 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73294/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73294/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73294/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73294/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73171
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73018
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73294
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024