Seyssel

Haute-Savoie · CC Usses et Rhône · INSEE 74269

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

Served 64.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Seyssel (INSEE 74269) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Usses et Rhône. Population 2,321 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74269-seyssel

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 8,659 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.88	20	17.66
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.24
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (CHEVALLIER · MAISON HADRIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (AU FIL DE L'EAU - HOTEL BEAU SEJOUR · LES ALLOBROGES · LE GALLATIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BAR LE NINETEEN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DES PETITS CASTORS DU RHONE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES COISSARD). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU MONT DES PRINCES). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VIORICA CURELARIU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAVOIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SEYSSEL VICTOR HUGO). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE CONDATE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE GILBERT BERCHET · GYMNASE DU MONT DES PRINCES). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (ESPACE LOISIRS DU RHONE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE HAUTE-SAVOIE SEYSSEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (L HAIR DU TEMPS · IDEE COIFFURE · LA COIFFURE AUTREMENT · GENERATION COIFFURE · NATHALIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AU FIL DE L'EAU - HOTEL BEAU SEJOUR). ^[3]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	CHEVALLIER · MAISON HADRIEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	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	9	AU FIL DE L'EAU - HOTEL BEAU SEJOUR · LES ALLOBROGES · LE GALLATIN	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	BAR LE NINETEEN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DES PETITS CASTORS DU RHONE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES COISSARD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU MONT DES PRINCES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	VIORICA CURELARIU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAVOIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SEYSSEL VICTOR HUGO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE CONDATE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE GILBERT BERCHET · GYMNASE DU MONT DES PRINCES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	1	ESPACE LOISIRS DU RHONE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	3	CREDIT AGRICOLE HAUTE-SAVOIE SEYSSEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	5	L HAIR DU TEMPS · IDEE COIFFURE · LA COIFFURE AUTREMENT · GENERATION COIFFURE · NATHALIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	AU FIL DE L'EAU - HOTEL BEAU SEJOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Monday 08h00 à 13h00 Sur la Place de l'Orme et dans la Grande Rue. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,717 peak 2017: 2,325 2023: 2,321 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,295 (2012) → 2,321 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,630 (1990) → 2,321 (2023): 42.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,249, of which 12.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Seyssel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Seyssel): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Seyssel): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Seyssel): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Seyssel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.7

Days at or below 0 °C 40.1

Muggy days a summer 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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the USINENS weather station, 5.5 km away at 417 m; the village itself is at 266 m. ^[11]

The village sits 151 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at USINENS SA, 6 km away at 452 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 186 m above 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 1,144 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at USINENS, 5.5 km away at 417 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74269/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://seyssel74.com/index.php/infos-pratiques/vie-quotidienne/marches-foires/— “Chaque lundi de 08h00 à 13h00”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74269/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74269/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74269/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01407
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
Tréguier	22	751 km NW	2,294	69.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Malansac	56	647 km W	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lanmeur	29	779 km NW	2,387	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Châtillon-sur-Indre	36	375 km W	2,293	58.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Riom-ès-Montagnes	15	258 km W	2,405	67.6	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Tallard	05	167 km S	2,292	74.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tallard	05	167 km S	2,292	74.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Riom-ès-Montagnes	15	258 km W	2,405	67.6	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Châtillon-sur-Indre	36	375 km W	2,293	58.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Malansac	56	647 km W	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Tréguier	22	751 km NW	2,294	69.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Lanmeur	29	779 km NW	2,387	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Seyssel'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
Frangy	74	9.8 km NE	2,262	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mirepoix	09	448 km SW	3,172	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Valençay	36	353 km NW	2,228	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Balbigny	42	129 km W	2,911	72.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chabris	36	350 km NW	2,740	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Crêches-sur-Saône	71	87 km W	3,198	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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