Saint-Jean-de-Tholome

Identity

Saint-Jean-de-Tholome (INSEE 74240) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC des Quatre Rivières. Population 1,180 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/74240-saint-jean-de-tholome

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 13,328 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]

1 × Restaurant (SQUADRA WILLY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CHASSEUR). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-DE-THOLOME LE PRÉ AUX LIVRES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 888 (2012) → 1,180 (2023): 32.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 535 (1990) → 1,180 (2023): 120.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 613, of which 11.3 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Tour): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viuz-en-Sallaz): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Viuz-en-Sallaz): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bonneville): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Tholome): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 123 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AYZE weather station, 4.4 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 799 m. ^[12]

The village sits 350 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 4.8 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 346 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,196 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AYZE, 4.4 km away at 449 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74240/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74240/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74240/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74240/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74284
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74311
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74042
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74240
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024