Valmeinier
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 61.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Valmeinier (INSEE 73307) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Maurienne Galibier. Population 593 (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 61.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 17,106 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 | 0.33 | 25 | 8.18 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.93 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL E.J.V · TALLIADIS · LA VALLEE DES MINES · CLS DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
17 × Restaurant (SARL CARLTON · LA GLISSE · LES LAUZES · DERBEZ · LE REFUGE DES 3 DIABLES). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE · BAR RESTAURANT LES FRANGINES ET FILS · LE REFUGE · LES QUILLES DU TABARNAK). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICE KYPRIOTIS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (KYPRIOTIS). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VALMEINIER RP). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINEMA VALMEINIER 1800). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (BAR A COIFFER MARY M'). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL LES CARRETTES · L'AIGLE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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) | 4 | SARL E.J.V · TALLIADIS · LA VALLEE DES MINES · CLS DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 4 / 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 | 17 | SARL CARLTON · LA GLISSE · LES LAUZES · DERBEZ · LE REFUGE DES 3 DIABLES | INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LA TAVERNE · BAR RESTAURANT LES FRANGINES ET FILS · LE REFUGE · LES QUILLES DU TABARNAK | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | PATRICE KYPRIOTIS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | KYPRIOTIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | VALMEINIER RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 1 | CINEMA VALMEINIER 1800 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | BAR A COIFFER MARY M' | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL LES CARRETTES · L'AIGLE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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
Population 460 (2012) → 593 (2023): 28.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 257 (1990) → 593 (2023): 130.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,297, of which 87.8 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Valmeinier): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Valmeinier): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Valmeinier): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Valmeinier): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 139 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VALLOIRE FOREST weather station, 3.9 km away at 1,460 m; the village itself is at 1,476 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST MICHEL MAUR_SAPC, 4.1 km away at 698 m, over 16 summers. [10]
That station sits 778 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VALLOIRE FOREST, 3.9 km away at 1,460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73307/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73307/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73307/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73307/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73261
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73307
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Avanchers-Valmorel | 73 | 33 km N | 724 | 66 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-de-Sos | 09 | 481 km SW | 599 | 40.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
| Isola | 06 | 120 km S | 642 | 67.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 46 % |
| Orcières | 05 | 57 km S | 651 | 72.1 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Enchastrayes | 04 | 92 km S | 399 | 42.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Uvernet-Fours | 04 | 92 km S | 499 | 69.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Avanchers-Valmorel | 73 | 33 km N | 724 | 66 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orcières | 05 | 57 km S | 651 | 72.1 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Enchastrayes | 04 | 92 km S | 399 | 42.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Uvernet-Fours | 04 | 92 km S | 499 | 69.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Isola | 06 | 120 km S | 642 | 67.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 46 % |
| Val-de-Sos | 09 | 481 km SW | 599 | 40.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Valmeinier'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Orres | 05 | 75 km S | 510 | 65.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamrousse | 38 | 48 km W | 453 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allos | 04 | 105 km S | 812 | 67.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valloire | 73 | 4.5 km SW | 1,064 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lamoura | 39 | 141 km N | 667 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ancelle | 05 | 66 km S | 1,017 | 62 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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