Marcellaz

Haute-Savoie · CC des Quatre Rivières · INSEE 74162

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marcellaz (INSEE 74162) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Quatre Rivières. Population 1,082 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/74162-marcellaz

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 13,848 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE DE L'AURORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE JENATTON). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAVIAR MOMENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIONEL BIANCALE, MÉDECIN · DAVID MACHEDA, MÉDECIN · MATHIS MUGNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARCELLAZ-EN-FAUCIGNY MUSICOLIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE DE L'AURORE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE JENATTON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CAVIAR MOMENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARCELLAZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LIONEL BIANCALE, MÉDECIN · DAVID MACHEDA, MÉDECIN · MATHIS MUGNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARCELLAZ-EN-FAUCIGNY MUSICOLIVRES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 251 2023: 1,082 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 864 (2012) → 1,082 (2023): 25.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 518 (1990) → 1,082 (2023): 108.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 512, of which 6.6 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.2 km SW 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 (Marcellaz): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcellaz): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marcellaz): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Contamine-sur-Arve): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 97.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE weather station, 2.1 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 649 m. ^[10]

The village sits 197 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 9.2 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 196 m below 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 1,078 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE, 2.1 km away at 452 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 508,000 € — 4,256 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

19 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 195,000 € — 3,671 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74087
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Saint-Laurent	08	419 km N	1,050	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Les Billaux	33	530 km W	1,174	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %
Cagny	80	510 km NW	1,191	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Cambrin	62	554 km NW	1,263	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Carnin	59	547 km NW	1,105	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Châtenoy-en-Bresse	71	132 km NW	1,144	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtenoy-en-Bresse	71	132 km NW	1,144	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent	08	419 km N	1,050	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny	80	510 km NW	1,191	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Les Billaux	33	530 km W	1,174	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %
Carnin	59	547 km NW	1,105	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Cambrin	62	554 km NW	1,263	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Marcellaz'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
Morre	25	123 km N	1,303	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Nâves-Parmelan	74	27 km SW	1,000	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Tour	74	5.9 km E	1,329	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lucinges	74	5.7 km NW	1,819	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Polminhac	15	323 km SW	1,197	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-en-Sallaz	74	5.2 km E	899	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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