La Côte-d'Arbroz

Identity

La Côte-d'Arbroz (INSEE 74091) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Haut Chablais. Population 349 (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/74091-la-cote-d-arbroz

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 18,047 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT MULTISERVICES DE LA · LA GRIGNOTTE · L'ANCOLIE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA CHANTERELLE · LA CACHETTE · LE SARVOY). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA COTE D ARBROZ). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 285 (2012) → 349 (2023): 22.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 349 (2023): 118.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 424, of which 58.3 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Morzine): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Morzine): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Morzine): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Morzine): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Côte-d'Arbroz): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE PLENEY weather station, 2.9 km away at 1,515 m; the village itself is at 1,177 m. ^[10]

The village sits 338 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE PLENEY, 2.9 km away at 1,515 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 338 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 1,686 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE PLENEY, 2.9 km away at 1,515 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

30 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 659,590 € — 6,491 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 207,500 € — 3,904 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74091/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74091/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74091/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74091/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74191
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74091
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025