Fessy

Identity

Fessy (INSEE 74126) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA Thonon Agglomération. Population 1,076 (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/74126-fessy

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 13,876 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]

3 × Restaurant (BELGIAN BUDDHA · MONT GLACIER · CHEZ DRET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE BERNARD LACROIX FESSY). ^[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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 791 (2012) → 1,076 (2023): 36 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 485 (1990) → 1,076 (2023): 121.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 498, of which 9.2 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cervens): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cervens): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brenthonne): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Perrignier): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fessy): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DOUVAINE SA weather station, 7.8 km away at 470 m; the village itself is at 577 m. ^[12]

The village sits 107 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at THONON-INRAE, 10.5 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 201 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,498 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOEGE, 7.2 km away at 750 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74126/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74126/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74126/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74126/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74053
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74048
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74210
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74126
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024