La Forclaz

Identity

La Forclaz (INSEE 74129) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Haut Chablais. Population 219 (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/74129-la-forclaz

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 16,520 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 214 (2012) → 219 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 219 (2023): 23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 13.4 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bonnevaux): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vinzier): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vinzier): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Larringes): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Forclaz): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 119 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VACHERESSE weather station, 4.4 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 861 m. ^[12]

The village sits 71 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 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at EVIAN SA, 7.1 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 136 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 1,598 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VACHERESSE, 4.4 km away at 790 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 — 74129/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74129/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74129/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74129/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74041
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74308
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74146
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74129
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024