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Burdignin

Haute-Savoie · CC de la Vallée Verte · INSEE 74050

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Burdignin (INSEE 74050) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC de la Vallée Verte. Population 712 (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/74050-burdignin

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 16,352 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.6153.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE BURDIGNIN). [3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE BURDIGNININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 313 2023: 712 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 615 (2012) → 712 (2023): 15.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 439 (1990) → 712 (2023): 62.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 400, of which 19.8 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.3 km E (Villard)Pharmacy — 1.8 km SW (Boëge)Food shop — 1.9 km SW (Boëge)GP — 2.0 km SW (Boëge)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.3 km EPharmacy — 1.8 km SWFood shop — 1.9 km SWGP — 2.0 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 (Villard): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Boëge): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Boëge): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Boëge): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Burdignin): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 114 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE weather station, 12.1 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 837 m. [11]

The village sits 385 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 THONON-INRAE, 16.4 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 461 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, 2.3 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

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 339,000 € — 2,926 € per m² of built surface. [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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74050/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74050/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74050/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74050/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74301
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74037
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74050
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mouettes27482 km NW74422.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Tendu36376 km W65022.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 79 %
Fatouville-Grestain27577 km NW70120.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Rouquette12408 km SW77720.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
Chaumot89319 km NW70822.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Ribérac24483 km W72319.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chaumot89319 km NW70822.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Tendu36376 km W65022.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 79 %
La Rouquette12408 km SW77720.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
Mouettes27482 km NW74422.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Ribérac24483 km W72319.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Fatouville-Grestain27577 km NW70120.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · 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 Burdignin'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chailleuse3980 km NW58719.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Basse-sur-le-Rupt88198 km N84316No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois25107 km N61124.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Boëge743.9 km SW59727.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Marc-à-Frongier23334 km W42817No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Monteynard38149 km S50224.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %