Vulbens
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vulbens (INSEE 74314) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Genevois. Population 1,783 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74314-vulbens
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 10,369 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA CHAROLAISE BIS). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (BOUSON JEANINE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VULBENS). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU VUACHE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VULBENS AP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE DU VUACHE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (REFLET CREATIF · DIORA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LA CHAROLAISE BIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | 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 | 1 | BOUSON JEANINE | 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 VULBENS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE DU VUACHE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | VULBENS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COLLEGE DU VUACHE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | REFLET CREATIF · DIORA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,161 (2012) → 1,783 (2023): 53.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 751 (1990) → 1,783 (2023): 137.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 837, of which 6 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vulbens): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Vulbens): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Valleiry): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Valleiry): 3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Vulbens): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the USINENS SA weather station, 11.9 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 479 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at USINENS SA, 11.9 km away at 452 m, over 20 summers. [11]
An average of 1,207 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CERCIER, 11.6 km away at 492 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
78 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 409,242 € — 4,305 € per m² of built surface. [12]
45 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 264,800 € — 4,084 € per m². [12]
The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]
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 — 74314/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2023-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/65d9b229-25f1-3317-89f1-933f57391b34— “Marché de Vulbens”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74314/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74314/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74314/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74314
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 74288
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criquebeuf-sur-Seine | 27 | 508 km NW | 1,549 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Assieu | 38 | 113 km SW | 1,726 | 38.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Keskastel | 67 | 330 km N | 1,487 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombe | 38 | 87 km SW | 1,890 | 41.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pompignan | 82 | 443 km SW | 1,866 | 45.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bessoncourt | 90 | 188 km NE | 1,309 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombe | 38 | 87 km SW | 1,890 | 41.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Assieu | 38 | 113 km SW | 1,726 | 38.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bessoncourt | 90 | 188 km NE | 1,309 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Keskastel | 67 | 330 km N | 1,487 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pompignan | 82 | 443 km SW | 1,866 | 45.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Criquebeuf-sur-Seine | 27 | 508 km NW | 1,549 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Vulbens'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criquebeuf-sur-Seine | 27 | 508 km NW | 1,549 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lignières-de-Touraine | 37 | 441 km W | 1,318 | 42.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Usage | 21 | 123 km NW | 1,353 | 37.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Grigonnais | 44 | 599 km W | 1,828 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domblans | 39 | 78 km N | 1,186 | 37.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Servas | 01 | 59 km W | 1,286 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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