Douvaine
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Douvaine (INSEE 74105) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA Thonon Agglomération. Population 6,796 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 64.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 3,530 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 | 0.49 | 25 | 12.19 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.22 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.54 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI D'OR · LA PANIERE · L'AMICO · PATISSERIE PIERRICK CHALLAMEL · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE VALLERIAN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE COCHON SAVOYARD). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET · LIDL · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE DU NOYER). [4]
22 × Restaurant (LA REGALADE · LE SARDE · LE LOTUS BLEU · LA VELA · MARGUERITE). [3,4]
7 × Café / bar (BAR LE DOMINO · LE DOUVAINOIS · L'ECHAPPEE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DOUVAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST FRANCOIS). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE DU BAS CHABLAIS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT FRANCOIS). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JONATHAN BLUNIER, MÉDECIN · NATANIA EICHER GOLDSCHMIDT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE CIBOULET, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE JOUAUX, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE RICHARD · PHARMACIE DU CHABLAIS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE DOUVAINE). [3]
1 × Cinema (L ESPACE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COLLEGE DU BAS CHABLAIS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JULIEN GAUDIN). [3]
7 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE DES SAVOIE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT MUTUEL BAS CHABLAIS · CCM DU BAS CHABLAIS · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE DIAGONALE 7 · COIFFURE TENDANCE SUBLIME · SUNCY · LOVELY'R BY EMI&JU THE GANG · BARB'HAIR). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA POSTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | L'EPI D'OR · LA PANIERE · L'AMICO · PATISSERIE PIERRICK CHALLAMEL · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE VALLERIAN | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LE COCHON SAVOYARD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | CARREFOUR MARKET · LIDL · INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA FROMAGERIE DU NOYER | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 22 | LA REGALADE · LE SARDE · LE LOTUS BLEU · LA VELA · MARGUERITE | INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 35 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 7 | BAR LE DOMINO · LE DOUVAINOIS · L'ECHAPPEE | INSEE SIRENE 7 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DOUVAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST FRANCOIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE DU BAS CHABLAIS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT FRANCOIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | JONATHAN BLUNIER, MÉDECIN · NATANIA EICHER GOLDSCHMIDT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE CIBOULET, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE JOUAUX, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE RICHARD · PHARMACIE DU CHABLAIS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE DOUVAINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | L ESPACE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | GYMNASE DU COLLEGE DU BAS CHABLAIS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JULIEN GAUDIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 7 | CREDIT AGRICOLE DES SAVOIE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT MUTUEL BAS CHABLAIS · CCM DU BAS CHABLAIS · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | COIFFURE DIAGONALE 7 · COIFFURE TENDANCE SUBLIME · SUNCY · LOVELY'R BY EMI&JU THE GANG · BARB'HAIR | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL DE LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Sunday 7h00 à 13h30. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 5,253 (2012) → 6,796 (2023): 29.4 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 3,354 (1990) → 6,796 (2023): 102.6 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,657, of which 4.6 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Douvaine): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Douvaine): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]
GP (Douvaine): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Douvaine): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Douvaine): 0 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DOUVAINE SA weather station, 1.2 km away at 470 m; the village itself is at 430 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at THONON-INRAE, 13.5 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at DOUVAINE SA, 1.2 km away at 470 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74105/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://douvaine.fr/vivre-a-douvaine/le-marche-dominical/— “Le dimanche matin de 7h00 à 13h30.”
- DATAtourisme 2023-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/deb9e893-f51a-38e4-beb7-fef845fff77a— “Le marché hebdomadaire de Douvaine a lieu chaque dimanche matin et regroupe maraîchers, petits producteurs et produits du terroir...”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74105/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74105/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74105/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74105
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgères | 17 | 543 km W | 6,897 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 % |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher | 18 | 319 km W | 6,463 | 60.1 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Eyguières | 13 | 307 km S | 7,119 | 59 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pont-Saint-Martin | 44 | 608 km W | 7,093 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Pazanne | 44 | 625 km W | 7,201 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jœuf | 54 | 326 km N | 6,392 | 53.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyguières | 13 | 307 km S | 7,119 | 59 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher | 18 | 319 km W | 6,463 | 60.1 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jœuf | 54 | 326 km N | 6,392 | 53.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Surgères | 17 | 543 km W | 6,897 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 % |
| Pont-Saint-Martin | 44 | 608 km W | 7,093 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Pazanne | 44 | 625 km W | 7,201 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · 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 Douvaine'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-Jean-d'Angély | 17 | 527 km W | 6,784 | 70.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loudun | 86 | 481 km W | 6,839 | 64.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Freneuse | 78 | 466 km NW | 4,505 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Loches | 37 | 415 km W | 6,234 | 67.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jaunay-Marigny | 86 | 456 km W | 7,528 | 60.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Girons | 09 | 550 km SW | 6,008 | 72 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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