Chens-sur-Léman

Haute-Savoie · CA Thonon Agglomération · INSEE 74070

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chens-sur-Léman (INSEE 74070) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA Thonon Agglomération. Population 3,068 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74070-chens-sur-leman

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 6,987 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.46	20	9.21
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES FOURNILS DU LAC · MES NUANCES GOURMANDES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA DEVINIERE · L'ESCALE · AUX JARDINS D'INES FRESH FOOD & DRINK). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CHENSINOIS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VERNET CHENS SUR LEMAN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHENS SUR LEMAN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHENS-SUR-LÉMAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LOPES FERREIRA ANNA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES FOURNILS DU LAC · MES NUANCES GOURMANDES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	JOHMEG	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	3	AUBERGE DE LA DEVINIERE · L'ESCALE · AUX JARDINS D'INES FRESH FOOD & DRINK	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CHENSINOIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VERNET CHENS SUR LEMAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHENS SUR LEMAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHENS-SUR-LÉMAN	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	1	LOPES FERREIRA ANNA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 636 2023: 3,068 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,050 (2012) → 3,068 (2023): 49.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,063 (1990) → 3,068 (2023): 188.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,831, of which 14.9 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.4 km NEPharmacy — 3.4 km NE 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 (Chens-sur-Léman): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chens-sur-Léman): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Messery): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Messery): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chens-sur-Léman): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.7

Days at or below 0 °C 34.6

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DOUVAINE SA weather station, 4.7 km away at 470 m; the village itself is at 418 m. ^[10]

The village sits 52 m below 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 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at THONON-INRAE, 15.1 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DOUVAINE SA, 4.7 km away at 470 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 — 74070/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74070/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74070/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74070/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74180
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
Breuillet	17	570 km W	3,058	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Péaule	56	669 km W	2,929	62	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Médis	17	564 km W	3,157	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Le Carbet	972	7,106 km W	3,721	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Les Mages	30	285 km SW	2,106	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bono	56	714 km W	2,608	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Mages	30	285 km SW	2,106	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Médis	17	564 km W	3,157	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Breuillet	17	570 km W	3,058	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Péaule	56	669 km W	2,929	62	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bono	56	714 km W	2,608	58.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Le Carbet	972	7,106 km W	3,721	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Chens-sur-Léman'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
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers	85	571 km W	2,560	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Coulon	79	526 km W	2,299	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Val-du-Layon	49	536 km W	3,510	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux	49	493 km W	3,435	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mauves-sur-Loire	44	593 km W	3,409	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois	18	263 km W	3,151	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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