Féternes

Identity

Féternes (INSEE 74127) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays d'Evian Vallée d'Abondance. Population 1,550 (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/74127-feternes

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 11,388 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICESSY). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (L'AMI THIEZE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE FETERNES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE FETERNES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FETERNES AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,380 (2012) → 1,550 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,064 (1990) → 1,550 (2023): 45.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 770, of which 6 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Féternes): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champanges): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Larringes): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Larringes): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Féternes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EVIAN SA weather station, 3.5 km away at 725 m; the village itself is at 781 m. ^[11]

The village sits 56 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at EVIAN SA, 3.5 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 56 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 1,134 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EVIAN SA, 3.5 km away at 725 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74127/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74127/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74127/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74127/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74127
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74057
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74146
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024