Bogève

Identity

Bogève (INSEE 74038) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC de la Vallée Verte. Population 1,200 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74038-bogeve

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 13,217 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) (CRAZY CHOC). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE BOGEVE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE GET A PAN · CHEZ ZONZON · LE JORAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BOGEVE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALICE YDEMA, MÉDECIN · RAPHAËLLE MIKULSKI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

Monthly market (reported, unverified): Friday. See the source for which week of the month. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 1,049 (2012) → 1,200 (2023): 14.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 675 (1990) → 1,200 (2023): 77.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 850, of which 26.4 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bogève): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Bogève): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Boëge): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 121 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE weather station, 9.9 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 921 m. ^[11]

The village sits 469 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 BONNEVILLE, 14 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 468 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 1,498 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOEGE, 3.5 km away at 750 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

50 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 319,905 € — 3,321 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

80 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 77,525 € — 2,869 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

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

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74038/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/31ecf0d4-5c74-3b53-9f36-7ceb2f21d482— “Le p'tit marché de Bogève c'est un rendez-vous gourmand et musical sur la place du village de 16h à 21h un vendredi par mois d'avril à novembre.”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74038/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74038/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74038/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74038
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74037
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025