Dingy-Saint-Clair
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 35/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Dingy-Saint-Clair (INSEE 74102) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Vallées de Thônes. Population 1,466 (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/74102-dingy-saint-clair
Vitality score
Vitality score 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 34 % of the 11,810 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.77 | 5 | 3.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (NPA). [3]
3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU MARMITON · ALTIX · ZING KITCHEN). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE ANJOT...). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE DINGY-SAINT-CLAIR). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (HOME COIFFURE · MT COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | NPA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 DU MARMITON · ALTIX · ZING KITCHEN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE ANJOT... | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE DINGY-SAINT-CLAIR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | HOME COIFFURE · MT COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / 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
Population 1,351 (2012) → 1,466 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 658 (1990) → 1,466 (2023): 122.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 729, of which 11.7 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Dingy-Saint-Clair): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Veyrier-du-Lac): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Veyrier-du-Lac): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Veyrier-du-Lac): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Dingy-Saint-Clair): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 92 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the THONES weather station, 8.7 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 602 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MEYTHET, 10 km away at 455 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 147 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 1,585 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ALEX, 3 km away at 680 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 — 74102/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74102/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74102/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74102/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74102
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74299
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corme-Écluse | 17 | 550 km W | 1,295 | 34.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 7 % · humidity 57 % |
| Blaison-Saint-Sulpice | 49 | 529 km W | 1,337 | 33 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 % |
| Copponex | 74 | 19 km NW | 1,340 | 34 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mercuer | 07 | 204 km SW | 1,325 | 30.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Creys-Mépieu | 38 | 60 km W | 1,613 | 31.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Myans | 73 | 48 km SW | 1,318 | 34.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copponex | 74 | 19 km NW | 1,340 | 34 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Myans | 73 | 48 km SW | 1,318 | 34.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Creys-Mépieu | 38 | 60 km W | 1,613 | 31.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mercuer | 07 | 204 km SW | 1,325 | 30.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Blaison-Saint-Sulpice | 49 | 529 km W | 1,337 | 33 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 % |
| Corme-Écluse | 17 | 550 km W | 1,295 | 34.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 7 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Dingy-Saint-Clair'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclose-Badinières | 38 | 85 km SW | 1,515 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Valla-en-Gier | 42 | 143 km W | 1,140 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Sure en Chartreuse | 38 | 76 km SW | 1,072 | 28 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moye | 74 | 24 km W | 985 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Andilly | 74 | 20 km NW | 1,013 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vanosc | 07 | 151 km SW | 907 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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