Cervens

Haute-Savoie · CA Thonon Agglomération · INSEE 74053

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cervens (INSEE 74053) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA Thonon Agglomération. Population 1,270 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 12,877 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES FOURNILS DU LAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MOVIN'PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT BOCCAGNY CERVENS). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES FOURNILS DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	MOVIN'PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT BOCCAGNY CERVENS	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CERVENS ESPAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 376 2023: 1,270 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,117 (2012) → 1,270 (2023): 13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 593 (1990) → 1,270 (2023): 114.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 528, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km NEPharmacy — 2.0 km NGP — 2.7 km N 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 (Cervens): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cervens): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Perrignier): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Perrignier): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cervens): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.3

Days at or below 0 °C 57.8

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THONON-INRAE weather station, 9.1 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 614 m. ^[10]

The village sits 238 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at THONON-INRAE, 9.1 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 238 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,498 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOEGE, 8.7 km away at 750 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74210
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
Laignelet	35	617 km NW	1,234	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bréviaires	78	440 km NW	1,302	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Merris	59	566 km NW	1,106	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Parigné	35	622 km NW	1,286	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes	71	131 km NW	1,271	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Lamasquère	31	514 km SW	1,682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes	71	131 km NW	1,271	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Les Bréviaires	78	440 km NW	1,302	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lamasquère	31	514 km SW	1,682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Merris	59	566 km NW	1,106	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Laignelet	35	617 km NW	1,234	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Parigné	35	622 km NW	1,286	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Cervens'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
Oresmaux	80	496 km NW	998	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Aube	61	520 km NW	1,254	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cormeilles-en-Vexin	95	456 km NW	1,297	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Wandignies-Hamage	59	512 km NW	1,301	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Fuscien	80	500 km NW	1,409	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ô-de-Selle	80	501 km NW	1,148	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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