Saint-Laurent
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Laurent (INSEE 74244) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Pays Rochois. Population 841 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 48 % of the 15,343 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 | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ GEOFFREY). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE CORNILLON SAINT-LAUR). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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) | 2 | CHEZ GEOFFREY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE CORNILLON SAINT-LAUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 799 (2012) → 841 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 430 (1990) → 841 (2023): 95.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 408, of which 7.1 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Laurent): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Laurent): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BONNEVILLE weather station, 4 km away at 453 m; the village itself is at 644 m. [10]
The village sits 191 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 4 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 191 m below 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 1,021 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BONNEVILLE, 4 km away at 453 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 — 74244/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74244/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74244/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74244/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74244
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74250
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osenbach | 68 | 225 km N | 810 | 26.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf | 76 | 574 km NW | 843 | 26.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Manhac | 12 | 364 km SW | 877 | 30.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Ouenne | 79 | 525 km W | 789 | 33.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle | 01 | 110 km W | 859 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 27 % |
| Étigny | 89 | 328 km NW | 747 | 27 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle | 01 | 110 km W | 859 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 27 % |
| Osenbach | 68 | 225 km N | 810 | 26.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Étigny | 89 | 328 km NW | 747 | 27 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 % |
| Manhac | 12 | 364 km SW | 877 | 30.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Ouenne | 79 | 525 km W | 789 | 33.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf | 76 | 574 km NW | 843 | 26.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · 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-Laurent'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chélieu | 38 | 91 km SW | 733 | 24.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condamine | 01 | 63 km W | 480 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Flangebouche | 25 | 122 km N | 850 | 26.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois | 25 | 126 km N | 611 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Torchefelon | 38 | 95 km SW | 838 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nayemont-les-Fosses | 88 | 255 km N | 778 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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