Vallorcine
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vallorcine (INSEE 74290) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC de la Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Population 453 (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/74290-vallorcine
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % 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 | 0.98 | 20 | 19.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.77 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ECO PAIN D'ABORD). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (LA PETITE DILIGENCE · LE MOON TINE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (CHEZ MICHEL · LE RESTO · BUVETTE DU PASSET). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ROBERT CHAMEL VALLORCIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VALLORCINE RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALLORCINE SITE DE LA CCVCMB). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU BUET ET DE LA GARE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES MONTETS). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | L'ECO PAIN D'ABORD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 9 | LA PETITE DILIGENCE · LE MOON TINE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | CHEZ MICHEL · LE RESTO · BUVETTE DU PASSET | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ROBERT CHAMEL VALLORCIN | 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 | 1 | VALLORCINE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALLORCINE SITE DE LA CCVCMB | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL DU BUET ET DE LA GARE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DES MONTETS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 412 (2012) → 453 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 329 (1990) → 453 (2023): 37.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 593, of which 59.7 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vallorcine): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Vallorcine): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 135 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VALLORCINE_PLAN-DROIT weather station, 1.7 km away at 1,326 m; the village itself is at 1,259 m. [10]
The village sits 67 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE TOUR, 3.5 km away at 1,500 m, over 15 summers. [10]
That station sits 241 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,531 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VALLORCINE_PLAN-DROIT, 1.7 km away at 1,326 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 549,700 € — 5,494 € per m² of built surface. [11]
57 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 240,000 € — 4,677 € per m². [11]
The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74290/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74290/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74290/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74290/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74290
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74056
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-le-Thomas | 50 | 703 km NW | 401 | 41.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vialas | 48 | 304 km SW | 447 | 48.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Giettaz | 73 | 39 km SW | 381 | 39.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nic | 29 | 881 km W | 753 | 46.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lanuéjols | 30 | 350 km SW | 341 | 36.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saorge | 06 | 233 km S | 430 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Giettaz | 73 | 39 km SW | 381 | 39.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saorge | 06 | 233 km S | 430 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vialas | 48 | 304 km SW | 447 | 48.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lanuéjols | 30 | 350 km SW | 341 | 36.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-le-Thomas | 50 | 703 km NW | 401 | 41.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Nic | 29 | 881 km W | 753 | 46.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Vallorcine'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andon | 06 | 252 km S | 665 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonneval-sur-Arc | 73 | 74 km S | 285 | 44.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteauneuf-de-Randon | 48 | 298 km SW | 516 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-d'Arves | 73 | 105 km SW | 273 | 58.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellefontaine | 39 | 89 km NW | 494 | 28.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol | 05 | 162 km S | 373 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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