Saint-Gingolph
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 61.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Gingolph (INSEE 74237) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays d'Evian Vallée d'Abondance. Population 903 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74237-saint-gingolph
Vitality score
Vitality score 61.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 14,927 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.83 | 10 | 8.34 |
| Housing mix | 0.57 | 5 | 2.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOUR NEUF). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CASINO SHOP). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE DU NOYER). [4]
9 × Restaurant (SARL BARE-WILFLING · LA NAVIGATION). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE ZENONI). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GIUSEPPE SPINELLI, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE FRANCE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE SAINT GINGOLPH). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL NATIONAL · HOTEL LE LEMAN). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AU FOUR NEUF | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CASINO SHOP | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA FROMAGERIE DU NOYER | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | SARL BARE-WILFLING · LA NAVIGATION | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE ZENONI | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | GIUSEPPE SPINELLI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE FRANCE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | PLAGE DE SAINT GINGOLPH | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL NATIONAL · HOTEL LE LEMAN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 783 (2012) → 903 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 677 (1990) → 903 (2023): 33.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 655, of which 21.4 % second homes and 13 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Gingolph): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Gingolph): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Gingolph): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lugrin): 10.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Gingolph): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VACHERESSE AUXI weather station, 13.2 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 383 m. [10]
The village sits 407 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at EVIAN SA, 16.9 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 342 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 1,779 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 12.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at NOVEL, 2.9 km away at 949 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 — 74237/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74237/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74237/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74237/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74237
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74154
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vétheuil | 95 | 483 km NW | 849 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tenay | 01 | 113 km SW | 1,030 | 37.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tautavel | 66 | 511 km SW | 945 | 68 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 14 % |
| Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher | 80 | 542 km NW | 1,024 | 46 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Achiet-le-Grand | 62 | 511 km NW | 974 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montaigut-en-Combraille | 63 | 308 km W | 972 | 47.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenay | 01 | 113 km SW | 1,030 | 37.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montaigut-en-Combraille | 63 | 308 km W | 972 | 47.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vétheuil | 95 | 483 km NW | 849 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Achiet-le-Grand | 62 | 511 km NW | 974 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tautavel | 66 | 511 km SW | 945 | 68 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 14 % |
| Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher | 80 | 542 km NW | 1,024 | 46 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Saint-Gingolph'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ury | 77 | 383 km NW | 882 | 60.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontaine-Française | 21 | 166 km NW | 911 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin | 68 | 183 km N | 819 | 45.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fretigney-et-Velloreille | 70 | 138 km NW | 764 | 53.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Muhlbach-sur-Munster | 68 | 183 km N | 818 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nomeny | 54 | 281 km N | 1,142 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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