Marin

Identity

Marin (INSEE 74166) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays d'Evian Vallée d'Abondance. Population 1,940 (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/74166-marin

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 37 % of the 9,812 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) (CRAQUANT CROUSTILLANT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ADRIANO · DELICES DU MAROC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'AUBERGE DU PONT DE DRANSE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SARAH BEAUTY ARTIST). ^[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, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,666 (2012) → 1,940 (2023): 16.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,276 (1990) → 1,940 (2023): 52 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 878, of which 2.3 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Marin): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Publier): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Publier): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Publier): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Marin): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the EVIAN weather station, 3.8 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 569 m. ^[10]

The village sits 174 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 EVIAN SA, 4.3 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 156 m above 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 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at EVIAN, 3.8 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74166/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74166/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74166/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74166/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74166
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74218
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024