Scientrier

Haute-Savoie · CC Arve et Salève · INSEE 74262

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

Partly served 44.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Scientrier (INSEE 74262) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Arve et Salève. Population 1,273 (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/74262-scientrier

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 12,846 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE BENON). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RISTORANTE PIZZERIA CALABRIA MIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE RESTAURANT BIGAILLE · LA BIGAILLE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SCIENTRIER). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SIOMIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE BENON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	RISTORANTE PIZZERIA CALABRIA MIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE RESTAURANT BIGAILLE · LA BIGAILLE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SCIENTRIER	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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SCIENTRIER	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	3	SIOMIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

1968: 319 2023: 1,273 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,097 (2012) → 1,273 (2023): 16 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 561 (1990) → 1,273 (2023): 126.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 552, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.0 km SEFood shop — 2.1 km NEPharmacy — 2.1 km NE 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 (Scientrier): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Contamine-sur-Arve): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Arenthon): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Contamine-sur-Arve): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Scientrier): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.3

Days at or below 0 °C 82.3

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE weather station, 2.2 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 459 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 8.6 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,078 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE, 2.2 km away at 452 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74262/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74262/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74262/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74262/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74018
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
Montjoire	31	458 km SW	1,243	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons	33	540 km W	1,240	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 21 %
Berry-Bouy	18	327 km W	1,168	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray	60	495 km NW	1,174	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Voivres-lès-le-Mans	72	514 km NW	1,345	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Avrechy	60	470 km NW	1,147	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Berry-Bouy	18	327 km W	1,168	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Montjoire	31	458 km SW	1,243	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
Avrechy	60	470 km NW	1,147	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray	60	495 km NW	1,174	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Voivres-lès-le-Mans	72	514 km NW	1,345	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons	33	540 km W	1,240	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Scientrier'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
Myans	73	72 km S	1,318	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vieille-Brioude	43	245 km W	1,236	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Courtenay	38	85 km SW	1,277	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Magnet	03	217 km W	1,053	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cohade	43	244 km W	893	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-Colombier	25	149 km N	875	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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