Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin

Haute-Savoie · CC des Vallées de Thônes · INSEE 74045

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

Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin (INSEE 74045) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Vallées de Thônes. Population 245 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,145 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES FONTANETTES). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE BOUCHET MONT CHARVIN). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE RELAIS DU MONT-CHARVIN). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DES FONTANETTES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE BOUCHET MONT CHARVIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	HOTEL LE RELAIS DU MONT-CHARVIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 147 2023: 245 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 235 (2012) → 245 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 116 (1990) → 245 (2023): 111.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 243, of which 42.8 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km WBakery — 3.3 km NWPharmacy — 6.4 km SEGP — 6.5 km SW 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 (Serraval): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Serraval): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Faverges-Seythenex): 6.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ugine): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 123.5▸

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 124 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GIEZ weather station, 9.2 km away at 478 m; the village itself is at 941 m. ^[12]

The village sits 463 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. ^[12]

An average of 1,591 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTMIN, 7.7 km away at 1,050 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74265
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74045
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
Montézic	12	316 km W	226	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 3 %
Nébias	11	467 km SW	262	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Cier-de-Luchon	31	563 km SW	235	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Thèze	04	168 km S	268	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 93 %
Lechâtelet	21	169 km NW	228	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 8 %
Ancerviller	54	306 km N	245	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thèze	04	168 km S	268	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 93 %
Lechâtelet	21	169 km NW	228	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 8 %
Ancerviller	54	306 km N	245	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %
Montézic	12	316 km W	226	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 3 %
Nébias	11	467 km SW	262	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Cier-de-Luchon	31	563 km SW	235	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %

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