Vacheresse

Identity

Vacheresse (INSEE 74286) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Pays d'Evian Vallée d'Abondance. Population 939 (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/74286-vacheresse

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 14,723 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES VOYAGEURS · LES CABRETTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROGER PETIT-JEAN VACHER). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VACHERESSE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VACHERESSE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR BORISTERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL PLEIN SOLEIL · HOTEL AU PETIT BONHEUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 781 (2012) → 939 (2023): 20.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 533 (1990) → 939 (2023): 76.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 656, of which 34 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bonnevaux): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bernex): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Abondance): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Abondance): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vacheresse): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 114 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VACHERESSE weather station, 0.9 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 829 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at EVIAN SA, 9.6 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 104 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,598 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VACHERESSE, 0.9 km away at 790 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

42 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 299,150 € — 3,001 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

15 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 215,000 € — 2,522 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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 — 74286/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74286/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74286/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74286/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74041
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74033
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74001
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74286
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025