Vimines
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vimines (INSEE 73326) is in Savoie (73), part of CA du Grand Chambéry. Population 2,372 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73326-vimines
Vitality score
Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 6 % of the 8,550 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON CARRAZ). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIMINES). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (FOUG'HAIR · THALIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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) | 1 | MAISON CARRAZ | 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 SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 DE VIMINES | 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 | 3 | FOUG'HAIR · THALIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 1,846 (2012) → 2,372 (2023): 28.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,351 (1990) → 2,372 (2023): 75.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 984, of which 1.9 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cognin): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vimines): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Cognin): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Cognin): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Vimines): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA MOTTE SERVOL weather station, 5.5 km away at 310 m; the village itself is at 546 m. [10]
The village sits 236 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LAC AIGUEBELETTE, 5.8 km away at 375 m, over 17 summers. [10]
That station sits 171 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 1,706 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VIMINES, 1 km away at 515 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73326/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73326/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73326/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73326/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73087
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73326
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Didier-de-Formans | 01 | 96 km NW | 2,203 | 43.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Manoir | 76 | 612 km NW | 1,555 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gresswiller | 67 | 353 km N | 1,695 | 36 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estillac | 47 | 444 km W | 2,463 | 42 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bazemont | 78 | 482 km NW | 1,727 | 20.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rogerville | 76 | 608 km NW | 1,734 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Didier-de-Formans | 01 | 96 km NW | 2,203 | 43.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 % |
| Gresswiller | 67 | 353 km N | 1,695 | 36 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estillac | 47 | 444 km W | 2,463 | 42 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bazemont | 78 | 482 km NW | 1,727 | 20.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rogerville | 76 | 608 km NW | 1,734 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Manoir | 76 | 612 km NW | 1,555 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Vimines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échenevex | 01 | 86 km N | 2,328 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Neuilly-sous-Clermont | 60 | 496 km NW | 1,571 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cambronne-lès-Clermont | 60 | 495 km NW | 1,146 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamigny | 77 | 433 km NW | 1,480 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard | 25 | 228 km N | 1,370 | 33.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lorry-lès-Metz | 57 | 400 km N | 1,720 | 31.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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