Minzier

Identity

Minzier (INSEE 74184) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Usses et Rhône. Population 1,090 (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/74184-minzier

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 13,816 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU BAR A THYM · CHEZ PAPI ON A LA FRITE). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'HELENE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 896 (2012) → 1,090 (2023): 21.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 371 (1990) → 1,090 (2023): 193.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 528, of which 8 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Jonzier-Épagny): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jonzier-Épagny): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Frangy): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Frangy): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Minzier): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the USINENS SA weather station, 12 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 533 m. ^[11]

The village sits 81 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at USINENS SA, 12 km away at 452 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 81 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 1,207 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CERCIER, 4.7 km away at 492 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

50 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 474,150 € — 4,118 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

23 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 256,000 € — 3,517 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74184/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74184/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74184/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74184/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74144
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74131
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74184
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025