Bellevaux

Haute-Savoie · CC du Haut Chablais · INSEE 74032

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellevaux (INSEE 74032) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Haut Chablais. Population 1,450 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74032-bellevaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 11,910 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.69	20	13.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	8.03
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES EPIS DU ROC). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE BELLEVAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION L'ETOILE DE BELLEVAUX). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (SARL CAFE DE LA CHEVRERIE · L'EMBUSCADE · LES RUCHERS DE NADE · LES PIVOTTES · RAFANA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHALET-LA BISTROT). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTHONY DAVID, MÉDECIN · EZEKIEL BOURIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELLEVAUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE LIRE À BELLEVAUX). ^[3]

3 × Hotel (LES MOINEAUX · HOTEL LES SKIEURS · HOTEL LE CHRISTANIA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES EPIS DU ROC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE BELLEVAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	ALIMENTATION L'ETOILE DE BELLEVAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	10	SARL CAFE DE LA CHEVRERIE · L'EMBUSCADE · LES RUCHERS DE NADE · LES PIVOTTES · RAFANA	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CHALET-LA BISTROT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANTHONY DAVID, MÉDECIN · EZEKIEL BOURIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	BELLEVAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE LIRE À BELLEVAUX	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3	LES MOINEAUX · HOTEL LES SKIEURS · HOTEL LE CHRISTANIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Monday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 948 2023: 1,450 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,316 (2012) → 1,450 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,113 (1990) → 1,450 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,614, of which 53.3 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km SWPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Bellevaux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bellevaux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bellevaux): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Perrignier): 8.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bellevaux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 125.1▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VACHERESSE weather station, 12.6 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 919 m. ^[11]

The village sits 129 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at THONON-INRAE, 13.5 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 543 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,572 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE BIOT, 7.3 km away at 690 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/be1e6bab-8a22-3354-b7f2-fbf4397af4cd— “L'équipe de l'Office de Tourisme sera présent sur le marché de 10h à 12h tous les lundis des vacances d'été.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74210
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
Pirou	50	687 km NW	1,514	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Réville	50	690 km NW	1,040	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Abondance	74	15 km E	1,583	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze	26	248 km SW	1,043	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Habère-Poche	74	4.7 km W	1,488	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Sari-Solenzara	2A	540 km SE	1,445	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Habère-Poche	74	4.7 km W	1,488	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Abondance	74	15 km E	1,583	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze	26	248 km SW	1,043	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Sari-Solenzara	2A	540 km SE	1,445	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Pirou	50	687 km NW	1,514	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Réville	50	690 km NW	1,040	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · 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 Bellevaux'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
Abondance	74	15 km E	1,583	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ancelle	05	183 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	148 km SW	2,936	73.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Thollon-les-Mémises	74	20 km NE	879	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bernex	74	16 km NE	1,472	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jeures	43	222 km SW	1,015	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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