Giez

Haute-Savoie · CC des Sources du Lac d'Annecy · INSEE 74135

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Giez (INSEE 74135) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Sources du Lac d'Annecy. Population 570 (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 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,358 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.33	5	1.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GOLF DES ALPES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ST GINGOLPH GIEZ). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELODIE ARNAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	GOLF DES ALPES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ST GINGOLPH GIEZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ELODIE ARNAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / 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

1968: 290 peak 2007: 608 2023: 570 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 555 (2012) → 570 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 341 (1990) → 570 (2023): 67.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 440, of which 33.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.2 km NFood shop — 1.8 km EBakery — 2.0 km EPharmacy — 3.0 km E Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Faverges-Seythenex): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faverges-Seythenex): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Giez): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Faverges-Seythenex): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Giez): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 80.9

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GIEZ weather station, 1.4 km away at 478 m; the village itself is at 503 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,238 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GIEZ, 1.4 km away at 478 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 — 74135/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74135/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74135/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74135/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74135
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
Le Reposoir	74	36 km NE	565	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 62 %
Linthal	68	253 km N	586	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Puy-Saint-Pierre	05	100 km S	518	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 28 %
Salperwick	62	633 km NW	521	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 19 %
Essert-Romand	74	60 km NE	526	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Valle-di-Mezzana	2A	463 km SE	537	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Reposoir	74	36 km NE	565	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 62 %
Essert-Romand	74	60 km NE	526	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Puy-Saint-Pierre	05	100 km S	518	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 28 %
Linthal	68	253 km N	586	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Valle-di-Mezzana	2A	463 km SE	537	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Salperwick	62	633 km NW	521	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 19 %

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