La Vernaz

Identity

La Vernaz (INSEE 74295) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Haut Chablais. Population 280 (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/74295-la-vernaz

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,687 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]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU JOTTY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 296 (2012) → 280 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 158 (1990) → 280 (2023): 77.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 32 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vailly): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vinzier): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vinzier): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Larringes): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Vernaz): 0.1 km to the west (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, 5.7 km away at 790 m; the village itself is at 809 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at EVIAN SA, 7.5 km away at 725 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 84 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 1,572 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE BIOT, 4.6 km away at 690 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 277,000 € — 2,626 € per m² of built surface. ^[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 — 74295/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74295/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74295/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74295/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74287
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74308
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74146
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74295
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025