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Savigny

Haute-Savoie · CC du Genevois · INSEE 74260

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Savigny (INSEE 74260) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Genevois. Population 1,041 (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/74260-savigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 14,079 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8554.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CROQ'EN PATE). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PATA PIZZA). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAVIGNY L'OURS QUI LIT). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (GONZALEZ VALERIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1CROQ'EN PATEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1PATA PIZZAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAVIGNY L'OURS QUI LITINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1GONZALEZ VALERIE COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 322 2023: 1,041 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 794 (2012) → 1,041 (2023): 31.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 458 (1990) → 1,041 (2023): 127.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 465, of which 7.3 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.1 km E (Jonzier-Épagny)Pharmacy — 4.5 km N (Valleiry)GP — 5.0 km N (Valleiry)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km EPharmacy — 4.5 km NGP — 5.0 km N 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 (Savigny): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Jonzier-Épagny): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Valleiry): 5 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Valleiry): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Savigny): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the USINENS SA weather station, 10.9 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 564 m. [11]

The village sits 112 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at USINENS SA, 10.9 km away at 452 m, over 20 summers. [11]

That station sits 112 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,207 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CERCIER, 7.5 km away at 492 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

47 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 451,455 € — 3,889 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74260/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74260/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74260/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74260/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74260
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74144
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74288
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Romain-de-Lerps07151 km SW1,03436.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Écrainville76579 km NW1,00126Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 %
Mazeray17504 km W99141.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Tour-en-Sologne41377 km NW1,14035.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-sur-École77374 km NW1,12527.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes71146 km NW1,10227.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes71146 km NW1,10227.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-de-Lerps07151 km SW1,03436.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-sur-École77374 km NW1,12527.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Tour-en-Sologne41377 km NW1,14035.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mazeray17504 km W99141.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Écrainville76579 km NW1,00126Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 %

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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 Savigny'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mazeray17504 km W99141.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Tour-en-Sologne41377 km NW1,14035.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-sur-École77374 km NW1,12527.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Rémering-lès-Puttelange57338 km N1,05030.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Eusèbe71135 km NW1,14731.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marlioz745.5 km SE1,06227.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %