Challonges

Haute-Savoie · CC Usses et Rhône · INSEE 74055

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

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Challonges (INSEE 74055) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Usses et Rhône. Population 610 (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/74055-challonges

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,004 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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) (LA FRUITIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CHALLONGES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHALLONGES AP). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA FRUITIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CHALLONGES	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	1	CHALLONGES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHALLONGES	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: 610 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 496 (2012) → 610 (2023): 23 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 292 (1990) → 610 (2023): 108.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 10.3 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.0 km EGP — 5.2 km NEPharmacy — 6.6 km S 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 (Challonges): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Usinens): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chêne-en-Semine): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Seyssel): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Challonges): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.2

Days at or below 0 °C 50.1

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the USINENS SA weather station, 1.2 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at USINENS SA, 1.2 km away at 452 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 995 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at USINENS SA, 1.2 km away at 452 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 — 74055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74285
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01407
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
Monchy-Lagache	80	474 km NW	593	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villers	42	125 km W	602	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	523 km NW	583	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bellencombre	76	535 km NW	564	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %
Caussens	32	484 km SW	598	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Marmanhac	15	284 km W	667	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villers	42	125 km W	602	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Marmanhac	15	284 km W	667	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	474 km NW	593	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Caussens	32	484 km SW	598	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	523 km NW	583	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bellencombre	76	535 km NW	564	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %

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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 Challonges'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
Villers	42	125 km W	602	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pouilly-sur-Saône	21	124 km NW	619	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrus	26	135 km SW	576	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ormoy	89	275 km NW	638	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Charrin	58	191 km NW	605	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Raveau	58	247 km NW	594	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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