Verel-de-Montbel

Savoie · CC Val Guiers · INSEE 73309

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

Few services 31.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verel-de-Montbel (INSEE 73309) is in Savoie (73), part of CC Val Guiers. Population 341 (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 31.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 18,029 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 186 2023: 341 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 298 (2012) → 341 (2023): 14.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 341 (2023): 92.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 157, of which 6.4 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km NBakery — 2.0 km SWGP — 3.3 km SPharmacy — 3.3 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 (Domessin): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rochefort): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Bridoire): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Bridoire): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Verel-de-Montbel): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 61.7

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAC AIGUEBELETTE weather station, 5.8 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 365 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 5.8 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,313 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 5.8 km away at 375 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 327,000 € — 1,713 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73309/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73309/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73309/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73309/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73058
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73309
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Nédonchel	62	607 km NW	357	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Les Pradeaux	63	189 km W	351	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Croisette	62	593 km NW	318	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 59 %
Doumy	64	537 km SW	325	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 %
Neuville-lès-This	08	473 km N	321	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Asnières-sur-Vègre	72	523 km NW	331	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Pradeaux	63	189 km W	351	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Neuville-lès-This	08	473 km N	321	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Asnières-sur-Vègre	72	523 km NW	331	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %
Doumy	64	537 km SW	325	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 %
Croisette	62	593 km NW	318	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 59 %
Nédonchel	62	607 km NW	357	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Verel-de-Montbel'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
Gondreville	45	363 km NW	340	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Wolfersdorf	68	255 km NE	354	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Penol	38	45 km SW	381	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Balaiseaux	39	160 km N	291	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villars-Saint-Georges	25	175 km N	283	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Louchy-Montfand	03	209 km NW	397	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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