Villard
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villard (INSEE 74301) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC de la Vallée Verte. Population 947 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74301-villard
Vitality score
Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 14,674 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE REFUGE DES PETITS GOURMANDS). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'GO PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUC FORTIN VILLARD). [3]
1 × Cinema (LA TRACE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (MARIE-PAULE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LA FEE DU CISEAU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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) | 1 | LE REFUGE DES PETITS GOURMANDS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 1 | L'GO PIZZA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUC FORTIN VILLARD | 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 | 1 | LA TRACE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | MARIE-PAULE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LA FEE DU CISEAU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 757 (2012) → 947 (2023): 25.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 521 (1990) → 947 (2023): 81.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 541, of which 19.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villard): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Habère-Lullin): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bogève): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Boëge): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Villard): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CONTAMINE-SUR- ARVE weather station, 12.2 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 790 m. [12]
The village sits 338 m above 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BONNEVILLE, 16.6 km away at 453 m, over 21 summers. [12]
That station sits 337 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 1,498 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at BOEGE, 3.3 km away at 750 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 — 74301/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74301/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74301/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74301/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74301
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74139
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74038
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74037
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bâtie-Rolland | 26 | 222 km SW | 1,087 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 % |
| Séchilienne | 38 | 137 km S | 993 | 49.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 38 % |
| Prades | 07 | 241 km SW | 1,195 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bois-Jérôme-Saint-Ouen | 27 | 488 km NW | 741 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 20 % |
| Lachapelle-Auzac | 46 | 413 km W | 795 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sanchey | 88 | 218 km N | 963 | 48.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Séchilienne | 38 | 137 km S | 993 | 49.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 38 % |
| Sanchey | 88 | 218 km N | 963 | 48.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Bâtie-Rolland | 26 | 222 km SW | 1,087 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 % |
| Prades | 07 | 241 km SW | 1,195 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lachapelle-Auzac | 46 | 413 km W | 795 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bois-Jérôme-Saint-Ouen | 27 | 488 km NW | 741 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 20 % |
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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 Villard'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montaigut-en-Combraille | 63 | 279 km W | 972 | 47.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteauroux-les-Alpes | 05 | 178 km S | 1,234 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Enchenberg | 57 | 319 km N | 1,206 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bogève | 74 | 2.6 km S | 1,200 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Farges | 01 | 41 km W | 1,082 | 34.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Susville | 38 | 153 km S | 1,134 | 25.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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