Brizon

Haute-Savoie · CC Faucigny - Glières · INSEE 74049

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

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brizon (INSEE 74049) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Faucigny - Glières. Population 457 (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/74049-brizon

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,945 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.86	10	8.56
Housing mix	0.03	5	0.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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]

3 × Restaurant (BOISIER GHISLAINE · LA BEIGNETTE · LA BRUYERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE EUGENE BOURGEAU BRIZON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	3	BOISIER GHISLAINE · LA BEIGNETTE · LA BRUYERE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE EUGENE BOURGEAU BRIZON	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 326 peak 2017: 485 2023: 457 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 464 (2012) → 457 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 337 (1990) → 457 (2023): 35.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 468, of which 48.3 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.6 km EBakery — 3.0 km NEGP — 4.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.1 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 (Vougy): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Bonneville): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bonneville): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Brizon): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 108.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 109 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONT-SAXONNEX weather station, 3 km away at 990 m; the village itself is at 986 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 4.1 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 533 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,405 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONT-SAXONNEX, 3 km away at 990 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 — 74049/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74049/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74049/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74049/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74312
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74049
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
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer	76	593 km NW	473	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Villaroger	73	61 km SE	355	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur	05	168 km S	481	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Essert-Romand	74	24 km NE	526	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Moncale	2B	437 km SE	348	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Versols-et-Lapeyre	12	366 km SW	421	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Essert-Romand	74	24 km NE	526	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Villaroger	73	61 km SE	355	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur	05	168 km S	481	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Versols-et-Lapeyre	12	366 km SW	421	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Moncale	2B	437 km SE	348	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer	76	593 km NW	473	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · 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 Brizon'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
Le Reposoir	74	8.2 km SE	565	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mégevette	74	17 km N	619	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Queyrières	43	213 km SW	363	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chalinargues	15	291 km W	304	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Jarrier	73	86 km S	506	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Verrières-de-Joux	25	94 km N	464	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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