Villard-sur-Doron

Identity

Villard-sur-Doron (INSEE 73317) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 702 (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/73317-villard-sur-doron

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,397 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LES HALLES DE BISANNE · LE REFUGE · SBS · TIKKI · LE CASSE-CROUTE DU PACHON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLARD SUR DORON AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CARIBOU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 668 (2012) → 702 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 702 (2023): 26.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,774, of which 80.2 % second homes and 1.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Beaufort): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villard-sur-Doron): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hauteluce): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hauteluce): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villard-sur-Doron): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COL-DES-SAISIES weather station, 3.2 km away at 1,614 m; the village itself is at 710 m. ^[11]

The village sits 904 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 3.2 km away at 1,614 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 904 m above 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 1,552 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 3.2 km away at 1,614 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 — 73317/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73317/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73317/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73317/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73034
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73317
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73132
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024