Usinens

Haute-Savoie · CC Usses et Rhône · INSEE 74285

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Usinens (INSEE 74285) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Usses et Rhône. Population 433 (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/74285-usinens

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,915 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LA FERME DE LA VILLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (HENAO). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LA FERME DE LA VILLE	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	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 USINENS	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	1	HENAO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 280 2023: 433 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 364 (2012) → 433 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 236 (1990) → 433 (2023): 83.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 16.5 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.3 km NWFood shop — 1.8 km NEGP — 5.3 km SPharmacy — 5.6 km S 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 (Challonges): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Usinens): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Seyssel): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Seyssel): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Usinens): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.6

Days at or below 0 °C 56.9

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the USINENS weather station, 0.1 km away at 417 m; the village itself is at 414 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at USINENS SA, 0.5 km away at 452 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,144 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at USINENS, 0.1 km away at 417 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74285/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74285/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74285/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74285/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74285
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
Argis	01	28 km W	419	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Halloy	60	499 km NW	438	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Chémeré-le-Roi	53	524 km NW	431	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Capelle-les-Grands	27	526 km NW	434	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Villebéon	77	329 km NW	452	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Barquet	27	504 km NW	449	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Argis	01	28 km W	419	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villebéon	77	329 km NW	452	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Halloy	60	499 km NW	438	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Barquet	27	504 km NW	449	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Chémeré-le-Roi	53	524 km NW	431	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Capelle-les-Grands	27	526 km NW	434	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Usinens'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
Argis	01	28 km W	419	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Biarne	39	130 km N	433	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vitry-sur-Loire	71	180 km NW	428	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Amange	39	130 km N	428	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bazarnes	89	247 km NW	422	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Arthun	42	143 km W	532	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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