Margencel

Haute-Savoie · CA Thonon Agglomération · INSEE 74163

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

Partly served 52.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Margencel (INSEE 74163) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA Thonon Agglomération. Population 2,273 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74163-margencel

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 8,776 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.93	20	18.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LA CABANE DES PECHEURS). ^[3,4]

14 × Restaurant (LE JOLLA · BUFFALO GRILL · CHEZ JULES · LE LEMAN · L'O CAFE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE BISTROTTEUR · CHEZ MIMO · L'O CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARGENCEL). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE THEODORE MONOD). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARGENCEL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COLLEGE). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (SHAMPOO · COIFFURE ST ALGUE · JUSTINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · C'DANS L'HAIR COIFFURE · JULIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	CARREFOUR · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LA CABANE DES PECHEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	14	LE JOLLA · BUFFALO GRILL · CHEZ JULES · LE LEMAN · L'O CAFE	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE BISTROTTEUR · CHEZ MIMO · L'O CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARGENCEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE THEODORE MONOD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARGENCEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DU COLLEGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	SHAMPOO · COIFFURE ST ALGUE · JUSTINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · C'DANS L'HAIR COIFFURE · JULIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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: 660 2023: 2,273 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,945 (2012) → 2,273 (2023): 16.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,262 (1990) → 2,273 (2023): 80.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,092, of which 5.1 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km NPharmacy — 1.1 km NGP — 1.3 km NBakery — 1.5 km SE 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 (Allinges): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Margencel): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Anthy-sur-Léman): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Anthy-sur-Léman): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Margencel): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.8

Days at or below 0 °C 43.4

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the THONON-INRAE weather station, 3.6 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 471 m. ^[11]

The village sits 95 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at THONON-INRAE, 3.6 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 95 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 992 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THONON-INRAE, 3.6 km away at 376 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74163/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74163/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74163/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74163/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74013
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
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles	62	536 km NW	2,273	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-Metz	80	502 km NW	2,425	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-sur-Orne	14	596 km NW	1,664	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Buchères	10	274 km NW	2,055	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Montescot	66	499 km SW	1,586	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 7 %
Crozet	01	33 km W	2,416	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crozet	01	33 km W	2,416	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Buchères	10	274 km NW	2,055	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Montescot	66	499 km SW	1,586	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 7 %
Pont-de-Metz	80	502 km NW	2,425	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles	62	536 km NW	2,273	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-sur-Orne	14	596 km NW	1,664	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · 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 Margencel'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
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles	62	536 km NW	2,273	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-Metz	80	502 km NW	2,425	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bachy	59	524 km NW	1,898	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Écaillon	59	505 km NW	1,869	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Assevent	59	474 km N	1,769	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saulnes	54	358 km N	2,259	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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