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Allèves

Haute-Savoie · CA du Grand Annecy · INSEE 74004

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

Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Allèves (INSEE 74004) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA du Grand Annecy. Population 397 (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/74004-alleves

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 18,022 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.854.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALLÈVES). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALLÈVESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 170 peak 2017: 411 2023: 397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 372 (2012) → 397 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 209 (1990) → 397 (2023): 90 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 9.9 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.0 km W (Cusy)Food shop — 4.1 km SE (Lescheraines)GP — 4.2 km W (Cusy)Pharmacy — 8.2 km SE (Le Châtelard)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km WFood shop — 4.1 km SEGP — 4.2 km WPharmacy — 8.2 km SE 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 (Cusy): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lescheraines): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Cusy): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Le Châtelard): 8.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Allèves): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [11]

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the CHAPELLE SAINT-MAURICE_SAPC weather station, 6.5 km away at 970 m; the village itself is at 645 m. [12]

The village sits 325 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at MEYTHET, 19.6 km away at 455 m, over 29 summers. [12]

That station sits 190 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,479 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CHAPELLE SAINT-MAURICE_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 970 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74004/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74004/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74004/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74004/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74097
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73146
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73081
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74004
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lardier-et-Valença05147 km S39125.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Conie-Molitard28439 km NW38721.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chézy-en-Orxois02434 km NW38922.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maudan22721 km NW39920Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Quemperven22782 km NW41722Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Genay21240 km NW37022.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lardier-et-Valença05147 km S39125.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Genay21240 km NW37022.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chézy-en-Orxois02434 km NW38922.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Conie-Molitard28439 km NW38721.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maudan22721 km NW39920Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Quemperven22782 km NW41722Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · 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 Allèves'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
Conie-Molitard28439 km NW38721.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chézy-en-Orxois02434 km NW38922.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Camelin02474 km NW42621Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gratien80543 km NW38321.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-en-Bray60506 km NW37823.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-les-Nonains60502 km NW33921.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %