Peillonnex

Identity

Peillonnex (INSEE 74209) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Quatre Rivières. Population 1,381 (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/74209-peillonnex

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 12,194 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 (LA CABANE A PIZZAS · L'AUBERGE ENSOLEILLEE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PEILLONNEX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PEILLONNEX LA BOUQUINERIE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (REFERENCE COIFFURE · COUP'TIFS · LE GARCON COIFFEUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,411 (2012) → 1,381 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 924 (1990) → 1,381 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 626, of which 3.5 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

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

Food shop (Marcellaz): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marcellaz): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Contamine-sur-Arve): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE weather station, 2.7 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 693 m. ^[11]

The village sits 241 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 7.3 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 240 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 1,078 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE, 2.7 km away at 452 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74209/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74209/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74209/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74209/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74162
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74087
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74209
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024