Essert-Romand
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Essert-Romand (INSEE 74114) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Haut Chablais. Population 526 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 17,649 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.5 | 20 | 9.93 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.22 | 5 | 1.09 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (BURGER PARK · P.A.L · LA PETITE AUBERGE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ESSERT ROMAND). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIF). [3,4]
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, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 5 | BURGER PARK · P.A.L · LA PETITE AUBERGE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ESSERT ROMAND | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 2 | CREA'TIF | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 5 / 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 468 (2012) → 526 (2023): 12.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 322 (1990) → 526 (2023): 63.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 425, of which 39.1 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Morzine): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Morzine): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Morzine): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Morzine): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Essert-Romand): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LE PLENEY weather station, 4 km away at 1,515 m; the village itself is at 937 m. [10]
The village sits 578 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, 4 km away at 1,515 m, over 25 summers. [10]
That station sits 578 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, 4 km away at 1,515 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 — 74114/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74114/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74114/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74114/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74191
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74114
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salperwick | 62 | 604 km NW | 521 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 30 % |
| Linthal | 68 | 197 km N | 586 | 27.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puy-Saint-Pierre | 05 | 146 km S | 518 | 28.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Reposoir | 74 | 24 km SW | 565 | 31.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Versols-et-Lapeyre | 12 | 390 km SW | 421 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer | 76 | 592 km NW | 473 | 24.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Reposoir | 74 | 24 km SW | 565 | 31.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puy-Saint-Pierre | 05 | 146 km S | 518 | 28.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Linthal | 68 | 197 km N | 586 | 27.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Versols-et-Lapeyre | 12 | 390 km SW | 421 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer | 76 | 592 km NW | 473 | 24.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Salperwick | 62 | 604 km NW | 521 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 30 % |
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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 Essert-Romand'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulvérières | 63 | 293 km W | 419 | 29.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vernines | 63 | 299 km W | 430 | 32.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque | 90 | 143 km N | 427 | 29.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nancy-sur-Cluses | 74 | 19 km S | 463 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ceyssat | 63 | 296 km W | 697 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Colamine | 63 | 296 km W | 247 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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