Villaz
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villaz (INSEE 74303) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA du Grand Annecy. Population 3,607 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74303-villaz
Vitality score
Vitality score 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 6,136 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 | 0.32 | 25 | 8.08 |
| Social | 0.62 | 20 | 12.41 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.99 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL DELICES AL'PAINS · MONA). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE P'TIOU TARRY). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (STREAT BURGER · CHEZ THAB'S · ACD3 · AU BALCON DU PARMELAN · BLEND OF TASTE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (L'AUBERGE DE VILLAZ · LA SOURCE · CHEZ LOULOUTE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAETITIA MAGLIOLI, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN DELAHOCHE, MÉDECIN · MARC FONTENAY, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE MOREL, MÉDECIN · ASTRID BACONNIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VIVANT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLAZ RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLAZ). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIFS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | SARL DELICES AL'PAINS · MONA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE P'TIOU TARRY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS | 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 | 5 | STREAT BURGER · CHEZ THAB'S · ACD3 · AU BALCON DU PARMELAN · BLEND OF TASTE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | L'AUBERGE DE VILLAZ · LA SOURCE · CHEZ LOULOUTE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | LAETITIA MAGLIOLI, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN DELAHOCHE, MÉDECIN · MARC FONTENAY, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE MOREL, MÉDECIN · ASTRID BACONNIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE VIVANT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | VILLAZ RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLAZ | 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 | 2 | CREA'TIFS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 3,059 (2012) → 3,607 (2023): 17.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,602 (1990) → 3,607 (2023): 125.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,658, of which 3.9 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villaz): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villaz): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Villaz): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Villaz): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Villaz): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the GROISY_SAPC weather station, 7 km away at 670 m; the village itself is at 692 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MEYTHET, 7.8 km away at 455 m, over 29 summers. [9]
That station sits 237 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,365 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at GROISY_SAPC, 7 km away at 670 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74303/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74303/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74303/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74303/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74303
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servon | 77 | 410 km NW | 3,565 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 % |
| Hornaing | 59 | 535 km N | 3,496 | 41.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 17 | 559 km W | 3,446 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 % |
| Biéville-Beuville | 14 | 610 km NW | 3,840 | 45.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Folgoët | 29 | 845 km NW | 3,315 | 43.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 % |
| Romilly-sur-Andelle | 27 | 527 km NW | 3,234 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servon | 77 | 410 km NW | 3,565 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 % |
| Romilly-sur-Andelle | 27 | 527 km NW | 3,234 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hornaing | 59 | 535 km N | 3,496 | 41.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 17 | 559 km W | 3,446 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 % |
| Biéville-Beuville | 14 | 610 km NW | 3,840 | 45.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Folgoët | 29 | 845 km NW | 3,315 | 43.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 5 % · 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 Villaz'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custines | 54 | 316 km N | 3,089 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Héand | 42 | 149 km W | 3,665 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mihiel | 55 | 330 km N | 3,772 | 57.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nantua | 01 | 51 km NW | 3,416 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Argonay | 74 | 4.0 km W | 3,807 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cours | 69 | 145 km W | 4,306 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74303-villaz