Praz-sur-Arly
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 63.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Praz-sur-Arly (INSEE 74215) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays du Mont-Blanc. Population 1,311 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 63.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).
Better served than 96 % of the 12,611 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 12.95 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.64 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.69 | 10 | 6.91 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.92 | 10 | 9.22 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'AVENTURE D'UNE VIE · LA BOULANGERIE DU PRAZ · LES ATELIERS DE PRAZ). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU GOURMET DES MONTAGNES · L'EPICURIE · SHERPA). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
14 × Restaurant (AU KIOSQUE · PIZZA ET VINO · AUBERGE DE BONJOURNAL · LA BERGERIE · LES SAPINS). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE GENTIANA · LE SERASSON · AU P'TIT PICHET). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DES ETERLOUS). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE VANDAME, MÉDECIN · THIERRY AUDIARD, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC MANIGLIER, MÉDECIN · BENOÎT TSCHIRNER, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE DELORME, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMAIE DU VAL D'ARLY). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PRAZ SUR ARLY RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PRAZ-SUR-ARLY BIBLIOPRALINE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (BEL'CHEZ VOUS · ANNE-CECILE FASANO - SALON DE COIFF). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LA GRIYOTIRE · LES BERNARDS). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING ET MEUBLES CHANTALOUETTE · CAMPING CARAVANEIGE DES PRES D'ARLY). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | L'AVENTURE D'UNE VIE · LA BOULANGERIE DU PRAZ · LES ATELIERS DE PRAZ | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | AU GOURMET DES MONTAGNES · L'EPICURIE · SHERPA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 14 | AU KIOSQUE · PIZZA ET VINO · AUBERGE DE BONJOURNAL · LA BERGERIE · LES SAPINS | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE GENTIANA · LE SERASSON · AU P'TIT PICHET | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DES ETERLOUS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | CECILE VANDAME, MÉDECIN · THIERRY AUDIARD, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC MANIGLIER, MÉDECIN · BENOÎT TSCHIRNER, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE DELORME, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMAIE DU VAL D'ARLY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PRAZ SUR ARLY RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PRAZ-SUR-ARLY BIBLIOPRALINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | BEL'CHEZ VOUS · ANNE-CECILE FASANO - SALON DE COIFF | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL RESTAURANT LA GRIYOTIRE · LES BERNARDS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING ET MEUBLES CHANTALOUETTE · CAMPING CARAVANEIGE DES PRES D'ARLY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,305 (2012) → 1,311 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 922 (1990) → 1,311 (2023): 42.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,021, of which 74.7 % second homes and 2 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Praz-sur-Arly): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Praz-sur-Arly): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Praz-sur-Arly): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Praz-sur-Arly): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Praz-sur-Arly): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MEGEVE weather station, 3.4 km away at 1,080 m; the village itself is at 1,027 m. [10]
The village sits 53 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 MONT ARBOIS, 7.8 km away at 1,833 m, over 28 summers. [10]
That station sits 806 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 1,552 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MEGEVE, 3.4 km away at 1,080 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Pharmacy
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74215/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ad1e3f2e-e9b3-365a-93dc-ff0bf7e536c4— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74215/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74215/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74215/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74215
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort-Mahon-Plage | 80 | 623 km NW | 1,363 | 60.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Couarde-sur-Mer | 17 | 618 km W | 1,112 | 53.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| Les Contamines-Montjoie | 74 | 12 km E | 1,109 | 59.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ax-les-Thermes | 09 | 512 km SW | 1,285 | 61.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Florent | 2B | 413 km SE | 1,694 | 64.4 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 % |
| Cargèse | 2A | 442 km S | 1,150 | 64.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Contamines-Montjoie | 74 | 12 km E | 1,109 | 59.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Florent | 2B | 413 km SE | 1,694 | 64.4 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 % |
| Cargèse | 2A | 442 km S | 1,150 | 64.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Ax-les-Thermes | 09 | 512 km SW | 1,285 | 61.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Couarde-sur-Mer | 17 | 618 km W | 1,112 | 53.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| Fort-Mahon-Plage | 80 | 623 km NW | 1,363 | 60.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Praz-sur-Arly'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huez | 38 | 93 km SW | 1,244 | 67.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vallouise-Pelvoux | 05 | 108 km S | 1,138 | 59.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via | 66 | 519 km SW | 1,762 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Gets | 74 | 37 km N | 1,227 | 67.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Megève | 74 | 4.1 km NE | 2,893 | 69.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bernex | 74 | 59 km N | 1,472 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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