Cuvat

Identity

Cuvat (INSEE 74098) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Pays de Cruseilles. Population 1,665 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74098-cuvat

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 10,851 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]

1 × Restaurant (LA LAURAGREG). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CUVAT ASSOCIATION CUVAT CINÉLIVRES). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,053 (2012) → 1,665 (2023): 58.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 518 (1990) → 1,665 (2023): 221.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 673, of which 1.9 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fillière): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Fillière): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fillière): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cuvat): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEYTHET weather station, 5.7 km away at 455 m; the village itself is at 683 m. ^[10]

The village sits 228 m above 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 MEYTHET, 5.7 km away at 455 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 228 m below 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 1,188 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEYTHET, 5.7 km away at 455 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 676,900 € — 5,485 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

25 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 302,750 € — 4,979 € 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 — 74098/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74098/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74098/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74098/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74282
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74098
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025