Verrens-Arvey

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73312

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verrens-Arvey (INSEE 73312) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 959 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/73312-verrens-arvey

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 14,587 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DU COL). ^[4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE RELAIS DU COL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 371 2023: 959 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 839 (2012) → 959 (2023): 14.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 546 (1990) → 959 (2023): 75.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 480, of which 5.8 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.3 km SPharmacy — 2.4 km SBakery — 2.5 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 (Frontenex): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Verrens-Arvey): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Frontenex): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Frontenex): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Verrens-Arvey): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VERRENS ARVEY weather station, 0.5 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 498 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBERTVILLE JO, 4.3 km away at 332 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 166 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 1,438 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERRENS ARVEY, 0.5 km away at 530 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 — 73312/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73312/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73312/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73312/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73312
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
Aubrives	08	508 km N	951	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Landudal	29	827 km NW	930	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
La Roquette-sur-Var	06	215 km S	921	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Pierre-Brouck	59	658 km NW	989	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 65 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	557 km NW	929	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Cruet	73	23 km SW	1,056	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cruet	73	23 km SW	1,056	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Roquette-sur-Var	06	215 km S	921	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %
Aubrives	08	508 km N	951	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	557 km NW	929	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Brouck	59	658 km NW	989	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 65 %
Landudal	29	827 km NW	930	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · 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 Verrens-Arvey'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
Soisy-Bouy	77	392 km NW	850	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rossfeld	67	314 km N	1,043	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lavernay	25	181 km N	589	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sandoux	63	250 km W	992	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saulx-Marchais	78	490 km NW	950	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude	39	90 km NW	678	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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