Saint-Jean-de-Sixt
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 61.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt (INSEE 74239) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Vallées de Thônes. Population 1,561 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 61.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 11,332 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 | 0.74 | 25 | 18.4 |
| Social | 0.81 | 20 | 16.14 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 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]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CAPUCINE · L'AMIE GOURMANDE · MYMALINE · P'TITE DOUCEUR · MAISON PERREAU). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ETALE DES BOUCHERS). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU VILLAGE · LA F'NIRE · LE PRIMEUR DES ARAVIS). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (LE PEILLE · L'ESCAPADE · LUCIA · LE CAIRN · AM). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (L'ESPERLUETTE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES ARAVIS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-DE-SIXT). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (COLETTE COIFFURE · REFLETS DES CIMES · LA PAUSE COIFFEE · VE STYLE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (SARL HOTEL BEAU SITE · HOTEL DES ARAVIS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU CRET). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 6 | CAPUCINE · L'AMIE GOURMANDE · MYMALINE · P'TITE DOUCEUR · MAISON PERREAU | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | L'ETALE DES BOUCHERS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | L'EPICERIE DU VILLAGE · LA F'NIRE · LE PRIMEUR DES ARAVIS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS | 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 | 8 | LE PEILLE · L'ESCAPADE · LUCIA · LE CAIRN · AM | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | L'ESPERLUETTE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES ARAVIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-DE-SIXT | 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 | 4 | COLETTE COIFFURE · REFLETS DES CIMES · LA PAUSE COIFFEE · VE STYLE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | SARL HOTEL BEAU SITE · HOTEL DES ARAVIS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DU CRET | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,419 (2012) → 1,561 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 852 (1990) → 1,561 (2023): 83.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,684, of which 55.3 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Jean-de-Sixt): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Sixt): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (La Clusaz): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Sixt): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Sixt): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CLUSAZ (LA) weather station, 4.2 km away at 1,180 m; the village itself is at 959 m. [10]
The village sits 221 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 GRAND-BORNAND, 7.3 km away at 1,430 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 471 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 1,728 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 12.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ENTREMONT, 3.6 km away at 830 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 — 74239/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74239/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74239/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74239/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74239
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74080
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ault | 80 | 593 km NW | 1,346 | 47.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Bourboule | 63 | 287 km W | 1,727 | 60.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Épine | 85 | 675 km W | 1,636 | 51.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Jausiers | 04 | 169 km S | 1,146 | 46.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grandcamp-Maisy | 14 | 678 km NW | 1,522 | 46.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue | 50 | 703 km NW | 1,648 | 59.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jausiers | 04 | 169 km S | 1,146 | 46.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Bourboule | 63 | 287 km W | 1,727 | 60.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ault | 80 | 593 km NW | 1,346 | 47.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 % |
| L'Épine | 85 | 675 km W | 1,636 | 51.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Grandcamp-Maisy | 14 | 678 km NW | 1,522 | 46.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue | 50 | 703 km NW | 1,648 | 59.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Jean-de-Sixt'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laguiole | 12 | 311 km SW | 1,207 | 72.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saillagouse | 66 | 519 km SW | 1,155 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Xonrupt-Longemer | 88 | 243 km N | 1,479 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Modane | 73 | 83 km S | 2,849 | 63.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Métabief | 25 | 95 km N | 1,375 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise | 63 | 274 km W | 1,442 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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