Saint-Ferréol

Haute-Savoie · CC des Sources du Lac d'Annecy · INSEE 74234

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ferréol (INSEE 74234) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Sources du Lac d'Annecy. Population 874 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/74234-saint-ferreol

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 15,151 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.53
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ST FERREOL). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (LE CHALET FLORIMONT). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ST FERREOL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	LE CHALET FLORIMONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 593 2023: 874 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 818 (2012) → 874 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 758 (1990) → 874 (2023): 15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 544, of which 17.5 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.8 km SWBakery — 1.6 km SFood shop — 1.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.4 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Faverges-Seythenex): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faverges-Seythenex): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Faverges-Seythenex): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Faverges-Seythenex): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Ferréol): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 80.9

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GIEZ weather station, 3.9 km away at 478 m; the village itself is at 520 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,337 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FAVERGES, 2.3 km away at 507 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74234/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74234/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74234/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74234/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74234
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
Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis	59	537 km N	871	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 53 %
Villiers-Saint-Denis	02	426 km NW	997	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Vertrieu	38	74 km W	608	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Gervais	95	509 km NW	878	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 50 %
Pailhès	34	358 km SW	622	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 15 %
Angaïs	64	591 km SW	885	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vertrieu	38	74 km W	608	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Pailhès	34	358 km SW	622	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 15 %
Villiers-Saint-Denis	02	426 km NW	997	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Gervais	95	509 km NW	878	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 50 %
Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis	59	537 km N	871	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 53 %
Angaïs	64	591 km SW	885	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %

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