Bernex

Identity

Bernex (INSEE 74033) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays d'Evian Vallée d'Abondance. Population 1,472 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/74033-bernex

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 11,791 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE BOULANGER D'OCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'AFFINEUR SAVOYARD · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (L ORMEAU · LES MARMOTTES · FRADIN JEAN-PASCAL · TY KAZE KREOLE · LA FETIUERE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (BARNA BAR · LE PRE RICHARD). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BERNEX · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT OURS). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BERNEX). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'OFFICINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,248 (2012) → 1,472 (2023): 17.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 737 (1990) → 1,472 (2023): 99.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,614, of which 53.3 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bernex): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bernex): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Paul-en-Chablais): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-en-Chablais): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bernex): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 127 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VACHERESSE weather station, 4.9 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 940 m. ^[10]

The village sits 150 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EVIAN SA, 7.5 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 215 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 1,598 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VACHERESSE, 4.9 km away at 790 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74033/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74033/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74033/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74033/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74033
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74249
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024