Les Contamines-Montjoie

Haute-Savoie · CC Pays du Mont-Blanc · INSEE 74085

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

Partly served 59.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Contamines-Montjoie (INSEE 74085) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays du Mont-Blanc. Population 1,109 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74085-les-contamines-montjoie

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 13,706 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.96	20	19.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.68	10	6.82
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.62	10	6.16
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (AUX DELICES DE MONTJOIE · VANILLE GIVREE). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR · SHERPA · LES SABOTDANCE · ROSALA). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MC2L DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

29 × Restaurant (LA FERME DE LA RUELLE · L OUTA · L'ETAPE · L' O A LA BOUCHE). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE SAXO · LA CASA ROCA · LE PONTET · TETRAS PUB). ^[4]

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

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE BOSSON-DUHAMEL, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN MOLLIER, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE RAMBERT, MÉDECIN · GAËLLE ATHIAS, MÉDECIN · BENOIT BUREL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES CONTAMINES MONTJOIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES CONTAMINES MONTJOIE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PARC DE LOISIRS DU PONTET). ^[3]

1 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). ^[3,4]

5 × Hotel (CHALET HOTEL LA CHEMENAZ · HÔTEL LE CHRISTIANIA · HOTEL LA GELINOTTE · HOTEL BAR RESTAURANT L'ETAPE · GAI SOLEIL HOTEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PONTET). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AUX DELICES DE MONTJOIE · VANILLE GIVREE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	SPAR · SHERPA · LES SABOTDANCE · ROSALA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	MC2L DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	29	LA FERME DE LA RUELLE · L OUTA · L'ETAPE · L' O A LA BOUCHE	INSEE BPE 29 / INSEE SIRENE 40 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE SAXO · LA CASA ROCA · LE PONTET · TETRAS PUB	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALEXIS BOUVARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	CATHERINE BOSSON-DUHAMEL, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN MOLLIER, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE RAMBERT, MÉDECIN · GAËLLE ATHIAS, MÉDECIN · BENOIT BUREL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES CONTAMINES MONTJOIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LES CONTAMINES MONTJOIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PARC DE LOISIRS DU PONTET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	1	BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE SALON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	5	CHALET HOTEL LA CHEMENAZ · HÔTEL LE CHRISTIANIA · HOTEL LA GELINOTTE · HOTEL BAR RESTAURANT L'ETAPE · GAI SOLEIL HOTEL	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE PONTET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 909 peak 2012: 1,193 2023: 1,109 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,193 (2012) → 1,109 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 994 (1990) → 1,109 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,546, of which 82.1 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Les Contamines-Montjoie): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Contamines-Montjoie): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Contamines-Montjoie): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Contamines-Montjoie): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Contamines-Montjoie): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 117.9▸

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 118 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CONTAMINES MJ weather station, 0.2 km away at 1,180 m; the village itself is at 1,161 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONT ARBOIS, 5.8 km away at 1,833 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 672 m above 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 1,424 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CONTAMINES MJ, 0.2 km away at 1,180 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 — 74085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/81a8523e-2db4-3ab0-8b3d-37f0c61ba3e3— “Marché des Contamines”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74085
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
La Couarde-sur-Mer	17	631 km W	1,112	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Fort-Mahon-Plage	80	632 km NW	1,363	60.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Huez	38	98 km SW	1,244	67.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cargèse	2A	436 km S	1,150	64.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Praz-sur-Arly	74	12 km W	1,311	63.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Les Gets	74	38 km N	1,227	67.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Praz-sur-Arly	74	12 km W	1,311	63.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Les Gets	74	38 km N	1,227	67.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Huez	38	98 km SW	1,244	67.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cargèse	2A	436 km S	1,150	64.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
La Couarde-sur-Mer	17	631 km W	1,112	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Fort-Mahon-Plage	80	632 km NW	1,363	60.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Les Contamines-Montjoie'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
Huez	38	98 km SW	1,244	67.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via	66	526 km SW	1,762	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bolquère	66	523 km SW	816	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ancelle	05	139 km S	1,017	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Thollon-les-Mémises	74	63 km N	879	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bernex	74	60 km N	1,472	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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