Bonnevaux

Identity

Bonnevaux (INSEE 74041) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays d'Evian Vallée d'Abondance. Population 284 (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/74041-bonnevaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,708 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FARINE BISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (OBERGE DE BOUNAVO). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (STYLMA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 249 (2012) → 284 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 254 (1990) → 284 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 216, of which 30.6 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bonnevaux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Abondance): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Abondance): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Abondance): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vacheresse): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VACHERESSE AUXI weather station, 2 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 920 m. ^[11]

The village sits 130 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 EVIAN SA, 11.6 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 195 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 1,524 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VACHERESSE AUXI, 2 km away at 790 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74041/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74041/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74041/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74041/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74041
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74001
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74286
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024