Contamine-sur-Arve
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Contamine-sur-Arve (INSEE 74087) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Faucigny - Glières. Population 2,403 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/74087-contamine-sur-arve
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 91 % of the 8,479 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 | 0.55 | 25 | 13.76 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE MARIE-LOUISE · COEUR GOURMAND DES ALPES · GASPARD EST DANS LE PETRIN · FOURNI ALPAINS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DE CONTAMINE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE ITALIENNE BY LORENZO). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (ENTRE PARENTHESE EP · LYSAHRA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (L'ECHAPPEE BELLE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PETITS KIDS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB CHATEAU DE VILLY). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE BETEND, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (EURL LA MELUSINE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CONTAMINE SUR ARVE RP RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CONTAMINE-SUR-ARVE CAFÉ LA CONCIERGERIE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (LA COUR 121 · MARIE COIFFURE ET BEAUTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | LE FOURNIL DE MARIE-LOUISE · COEUR GOURMAND DES ALPES · GASPARD EST DANS LE PETRIN · FOURNI ALPAINS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DE CONTAMINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | EPICERIE ITALIENNE BY LORENZO | 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 | 2 | ENTRE PARENTHESE EP · LYSAHRA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | L'ECHAPPEE BELLE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PETITS KIDS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB CHATEAU DE VILLY | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | CLAUDE BETEND, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | EURL LA MELUSINE | 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 | CONTAMINE SUR ARVE RP RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CONTAMINE-SUR-ARVE CAFÉ LA CONCIERGERIE | 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 | 3 | LA COUR 121 · MARIE COIFFURE ET BEAUTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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
Population 1,709 (2012) → 2,403 (2023): 40.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,125 (1990) → 2,403 (2023): 113.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,083, of which 6.1 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Contamine-sur-Arve): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Contamine-sur-Arve): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Contamine-sur-Arve): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Contamine-sur-Arve): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Contamine-sur-Arve): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE weather station, 0.1 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 461 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 8 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. [9]
An average of 1,078 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE, 0.1 km away at 452 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
81 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 420,000 € — 4,159 € per m² of built surface. [10]
51 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 280,200 € — 3,873 € per m². [10]
The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [10]
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
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74087/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74087/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74087/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74087/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74087
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cepoy | 45 | 346 km NW | 2,332 | 58.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mathieu | 14 | 611 km NW | 2,331 | 51 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 % |
| Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or | 69 | 121 km W | 2,619 | 58.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 % |
| Cubzac-les-Ponts | 33 | 544 km W | 2,693 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 50 % |
| Gestel | 56 | 765 km W | 2,601 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Burbure | 62 | 568 km NW | 2,834 | 60 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or | 69 | 121 km W | 2,619 | 58.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 % |
| Cepoy | 45 | 346 km NW | 2,332 | 58.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cubzac-les-Ponts | 33 | 544 km W | 2,693 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 50 % |
| Burbure | 62 | 568 km NW | 2,834 | 60 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mathieu | 14 | 611 km NW | 2,331 | 51 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gestel | 56 | 765 km W | 2,601 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 19 % · 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 Contamine-sur-Arve'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-Baldoph | 73 | 73 km SW | 2,949 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sain-Bel | 69 | 139 km W | 2,566 | 53.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pierrevert | 04 | 262 km S | 3,945 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 38 | 91 km SW | 3,628 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Savigny | 69 | 141 km W | 1,995 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sevrier | 74 | 33 km SW | 4,333 | 65.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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