Verel-Pragondran
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Verel-Pragondran (INSEE 73310) is in Savoie (73), part of CA du Grand Chambéry. Population 640 (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 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 35 % of the 16,807 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ MON BOUCHER PHILIPPE). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE CHAT PITRE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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) | 1 | CHEZ MON BOUCHER PHILIPPE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE CHAT PITRE | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 444 (2012) → 640 (2023): 44.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 347 (1990) → 640 (2023): 84.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 2.9 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chambéry): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Verel-Pragondran): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Chambéry): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chambéry): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chambéry): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA FECLAZ weather station, 4.9 km away at 1,350 m; the village itself is at 599 m. [10]
The village sits 751 m below 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at FECLAZ_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 1,328 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 729 m above 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 1,226 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHAMBERY, 4.7 km away at 256 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 — 73310/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73310/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73310/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73310/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73065
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73310
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavacourt | 60 | 518 km NW | 684 | 21.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chèzeneuve | 38 | 57 km W | 654 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ollé | 28 | 469 km NW | 625 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clerlande | 63 | 217 km W | 637 | 19 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bréville-les-Monts | 14 | 615 km NW | 661 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sciecq | 79 | 503 km W | 659 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chèzeneuve | 38 | 57 km W | 654 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clerlande | 63 | 217 km W | 637 | 19 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ollé | 28 | 469 km NW | 625 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sciecq | 79 | 503 km W | 659 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
| Flavacourt | 60 | 518 km NW | 684 | 21.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bréville-les-Monts | 14 | 615 km NW | 661 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Pragondran'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadelincourt | 08 | 460 km N | 447 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Autechaux-Roide | 25 | 209 km N | 487 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Passonfontaine | 25 | 171 km N | 331 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sinard | 38 | 77 km S | 724 | 25.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Daigny | 08 | 461 km N | 358 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Housseras | 88 | 306 km N | 485 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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