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Villaroger

Savoie · CC de Haute-Tarentaise · INSEE 73323

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

Few services 23.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villaroger (INSEE 73323) is in Savoie (73), part of CC de Haute-Tarentaise. Population 355 (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/73323-villaroger

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 18,079 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.48209.5
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.45104.49
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (LA FERME · GOYET · MOLTO !). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3LA FERME · GOYET · MOLTO !INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 284 peak 2007: 405 2023: 355 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 387 (2012) → 355 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 374 (1990) → 355 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 372, of which 51.1 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.7 km E (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise)GP — 0.7 km E (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise)Primary school — 0.8 km E (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise)Food shop — 2.1 km SE (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise)Pharmacy — 4.3 km NW (Montvalezan)
Bakery — 0.7 km EGP — 0.7 km EPrimary school — 0.8 km EFood shop — 2.1 km SEPharmacy — 4.3 km NW 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 (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Montvalezan): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 121 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BOURG ST MAURICE weather station, 8.9 km away at 865 m; the village itself is at 1,104 m. [10]

The village sits 239 m above 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 BOURG ST MAURICE, 8.9 km away at 865 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 239 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 1,082 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at STE-FOY-TARENTAISE, 1.5 km away at 1,230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

12 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 297,612 € — 2,980 € per m² of built surface. [11]

12 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 264,350 € — 3,805 € per m². [11]

The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]

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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73323/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73323/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73323/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73323/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73232
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73176
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Illiers-la-Ville78551 km NW35026.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Moncale2B377 km SE34827.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Brizon7461 km NW45728.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer76653 km NW47324.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Toudon06189 km S35528.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Les Thuiles04135 km S36129.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brizon7461 km NW45728.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Les Thuiles04135 km S36129.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Toudon06189 km S35528.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Moncale2B377 km SE34827.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Illiers-la-Ville78551 km NW35026.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer76653 km NW47324.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · 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 Villaroger'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Roque-Esclapon83209 km S26119.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hautecour7327 km W29826.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur05120 km S48119.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Puy-Saint-Eusèbe05120 km S19127.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont38113 km SW42229.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Saint-Martin38115 km SW44827.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %