Morzine

Identity

Morzine (INSEE 74191) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Haut Chablais. Population 2,658 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74191-morzine

Vitality score

Vitality score 77.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 7,874 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]

9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAMIE BRIOCHE · CREPERIE CHEZ MARTINE · BOULANGERIE TAVERNIER ET FILS · LE FOURNIL DE CANNELLE · LES EPIS DU ROC). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (ALTIVIANDE · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

10 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AVOSAVEURS · EPICERIE FINE CHEZ LE MILADIOU · LA VIE CLAIRE · AVO NUI · SHERPA). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE DU NOYER). ^[4]

81 × Restaurant (LA BOULE DE NEIGE · SA LA TANIERE · LA RESERVE · MAMA ALPINA · LA CABANE). ^[3,4]

50 × Café / bar (OPERA DISCOTHEQUE · LE TYROLIA · LE COUP DE COEUR DE LA CHAMADE · LE MAM'S BAR · LES HALLES BY LE CREPU). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE AVORIAZ MORZINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE MADELEINE). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENT WIECZOREK, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC BERTRAND, MÉDECIN · CHARLES VOUILLON, MÉDECIN · NELSIE PIERRON, MÉDECIN · JULIEN GUIBERTEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SCHMITT · PHARMACIE CENTRALE DE MORZINE · PHARMACIE DU BOURG). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (AVORIAZ AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MORZINE LE VIEUX PONT). ^[3]

2 × Cinema (REX · LES PORTES DU SOLEIL). ^[3]

7 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE HAUTE-SAVOIE AVORIAZ · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU HAUT CHABLAIS · CCM DU HAUT CHABLAIS · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (DUCERF · LE SALON · BLADERUNNERS · LES COIFFEURS DU BOURG). ^[3,4]

36 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CONCORDE · HÔTEL L'EQUIPE-JAMAÏQUE BAR · HOTEL LES FLEURS · HOTEL PENSION BOIS-VALLON · HÔTEL NEIGE ET ROC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 10 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 5 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 2,889 (2012) → 2,658 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,967 (1990) → 2,658 (2023): -10.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 10,118, of which 86.1 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Morzine): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Morzine): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Morzine): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Morzine): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE PLENEY weather station, 1.7 km away at 1,515 m; the village itself is at 958 m. ^[10]

The village sits 557 m below 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 LE PLENEY, 1.7 km away at 1,515 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 557 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 1,686 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE PLENEY, 1.7 km away at 1,515 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

139 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 850,000 € — 7,208 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

1,228 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 249,000 € — 7,132 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits above 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

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74191/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2022-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/17faa600-670a-346a-b2ff-83f76e83806a— “Vous retrouverez chaque mercredi sur la place du marché les meilleurs produits de notre terroir : viandes, poissons, fruits et légumes, fromages, charcuteries et salaisons… mais aussi vêtements et chaussures.”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74191/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74191/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74191/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74191
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025