Vions

Savoie · CA Grand Lac · INSEE 73327

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vions (INSEE 73327) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Grand Lac. Population 425 (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 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,983 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

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]

1 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SAM' COIFF'). ^[3,4]

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

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

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)	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	1	LA GUINGUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	SAM' COIFF'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 226 2023: 425 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 414 (2012) → 425 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 276 (1990) → 425 (2023): 54 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 230, of which 10.9 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.0 km SWBakery — 2.3 km SWGP — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 3.3 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 (Chanaz): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chanaz): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Culoz-Béon): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Culoz-Béon): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vions): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.4

Days at or below 0 °C 44.2

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHINDRIEUX weather station, 3.3 km away at 340 m; the village itself is at 235 m. ^[11]

The village sits 105 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]

An average of 1,234 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHINDRIEUX, 3.3 km away at 340 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73327/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73327/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73327/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73327/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73073
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73327
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
Puygiron	26	161 km SW	431	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Bourbach-le-Haut	68	238 km NE	408	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 15 %
Pulvérières	63	225 km W	419	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 46 %
Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires	38	42 km S	425	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 24 %
Saint-Michel-Loubéjou	46	326 km W	418	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 72 %
Villenauxe-la-Petite	77	344 km NW	453	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires	38	42 km S	425	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 24 %
Puygiron	26	161 km SW	431	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Pulvérières	63	225 km W	419	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 46 %
Bourbach-le-Haut	68	238 km NE	408	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 15 %
Saint-Michel-Loubéjou	46	326 km W	418	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 72 %
Villenauxe-la-Petite	77	344 km NW	453	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %

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