Abondance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Abondance (INSEE 74001) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays d'Evian Vallée d'Abondance. Population 1,583 (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 64.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 11,224 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.95 | 20 | 19.07 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.65 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE L'ABBAYE · LE FRANCO SUISSE). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MAULAZ · TOINE LE GRATON). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GOSBIN DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (COEUR DU LAC DES PLAGNES · RESTAURANT DE L'ABBAYE · LE MONT JORAT · BAR RESTAURANT DE L'ESSERT · MON TIT POULET GRILLE). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (L'AFFUTAGE A BILL · BAR DU LAC · CAFE DE LA PLACE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA DRANSE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MAURICE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE DU VAL D'ABONDANCE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE CROIX DES NEIGES). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIEL PELLOUX, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE RISSOUANT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIRE EN ABONDANCE 492, RUE DE L'ABBAYE D'ABONDANCE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU VAL D ABONDANCE). [3]
1 × Bank (CCM DU VAL D'ABONDANCE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (LYDIE GB COIFFURE A DOMICILE · M L'ATELIER COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL LES TOURISTES · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE FERRAILLON · LE MONT JORAT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE L'ABBAYE · LE FRANCO SUISSE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE MAULAZ · TOINE LE GRATON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | GOSBIN DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 9 | COEUR DU LAC DES PLAGNES · RESTAURANT DE L'ABBAYE · LE MONT JORAT · BAR RESTAURANT DE L'ESSERT · MON TIT POULET GRILLE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | L'AFFUTAGE A BILL · BAR DU LAC · CAFE DE LA PLACE | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA DRANSE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MAURICE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE DU VAL D'ABONDANCE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE CROIX DES NEIGES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | DANIEL PELLOUX, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE RISSOUANT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIRE EN ABONDANCE 492, RUE DE L'ABBAYE D'ABONDANCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE DU VAL D ABONDANCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CCM DU VAL D'ABONDANCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 2 | LYDIE GB COIFFURE A DOMICILE · M L'ATELIER COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL LES TOURISTES · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE FERRAILLON · LE MONT JORAT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 1,354 (2012) → 1,583 (2023): 16.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,251 (1990) → 1,583 (2023): 26.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,129, of which 62.2 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Abondance): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Abondance): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Abondance): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Abondance): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Abondance): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 131 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VACHERESSE AUXI weather station, 5.3 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 923 m. [9]
The village sits 133 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LE PLENEY, 12.7 km away at 1,515 m, over 25 summers. [9]
That station sits 592 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,448 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ABONDANCE, 1.1 km away at 947 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74001/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74001/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74001/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74001/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74001
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort | 73 | 64 km S | 1,989 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fréhel | 22 | 731 km NW | 1,611 | 58.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Locmariaquer | 56 | 747 km W | 1,577 | 53.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mont Lozère et Goulet | 48 | 307 km SW | 1,098 | 51.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-d'Aigoual | 30 | 344 km SW | 1,412 | 53.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 1 % |
| Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys | 56 | 738 km W | 2,004 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort | 73 | 64 km S | 1,989 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mont Lozère et Goulet | 48 | 307 km SW | 1,098 | 51.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-d'Aigoual | 30 | 344 km SW | 1,412 | 53.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 1 % |
| Fréhel | 22 | 731 km NW | 1,611 | 58.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys | 56 | 738 km W | 2,004 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Locmariaquer | 56 | 747 km W | 1,577 | 53.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Abondance'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevaux | 74 | 15 km W | 1,450 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ancelle | 05 | 189 km S | 1,017 | 62 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors | 38 | 158 km SW | 2,936 | 73.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valloire | 73 | 126 km S | 1,064 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thollon-les-Mémises | 74 | 12 km N | 879 | 64 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Gets | 74 | 14 km S | 1,227 | 67.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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