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Les Abrets en Dauphiné

Isère · CC Les Vals du Dauphiné · INSEE 38001

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 62.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Abrets en Dauphiné (INSEE 38001) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 6,850 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: La Bâtie-Divisin (38028), Fitilieu (38165). [3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38001-les-abrets-en-dauphine

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 3,504 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.432510.64
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3751.87
Population trend0.94109.42
Housing mix0.9654.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MARRE ET FILS · JEAN-SEB · FRED ET LYLY). [4,5]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE JEAN SARL · BOUCHERIE DAUPHINOISE). [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAZAR MARKET). [4,5]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [4,5]

14 × Restaurant (PIZZABRETS · MC DONALD'S · L'ENTRE 2 · TRADI'PIZZ). [4,5]

3 × Café / bar (LE GAMBETTA). [5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES DAUPHINS). [4]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERIC TABARLY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE HAROUN TAZIEFF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL CARRE PIERRAT). [4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARCEL BOUVIER). [4]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCALE PILLER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL PAVAGEAU, MÉDECIN · DENIS STELLA, MÉDECIN · HERVÉ BLANCHI, MÉDECIN). [4]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NICOLAS · PHARMACIE LUC ET MICOUD). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]

3 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA BÂTIE-DIVISIN · BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FITILIEU · BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LES ABRETS). [4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS · GYMNASE DU COLOMBIER). [4]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). [4]

8 × Hairdresser (EFFET BOHEME · COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · DA COSTA VANESSA · CHEZ ENZO · SAMET COIFFURE). [4,5]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE COIN TRANQUILLE). [4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 8 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3MARRE ET FILS · JEAN-SEB · FRED ET LYLYINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)3BOUCHERIE JEAN SARL · BOUCHERIE DAUPHINOISEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1MAZAR MARKETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR MARKETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant14PIZZABRETS · MC DONALD'S · L'ENTRE 2 · TRADI'PIZZINSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [4,5]
Café / bar3LE GAMBETTAINSEE SIRENE 3 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES DAUPHINSINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)4ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERIC TABARLY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE HAROUN TAZIEFF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL CARRE PIERRATINSEE BPE 4 [4]
Collège1COLLEGE MARCEL BOUVIERINSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)4PASCALE PILLER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL PAVAGEAU, MÉDECIN · DENIS STELLA, MÉDECIN · HERVÉ BLANCHI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [4]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE NICOLAS · PHARMACIE LUC ET MICOUDINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library3BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA BÂTIE-DIVISIN · BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FITILIEU · BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LES ABRETSINSEE BPE 3 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall2HALLE DES SPORTS · GYMNASE DU COLOMBIERINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank2CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPESINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Hairdresser8EFFET BOHEME · COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · DA COSTA VANESSA · CHEZ ENZO · SAMET COIFFUREINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [4,5]
Fuel station3STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite1CAMPING LE COIN TRANQUILLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [6]

Trajectory

1968: 3,897 2023: 6,850 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,298 (2012) → 6,850 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 4,751 (1990) → 6,850 (2023): 44.2 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,374, of which 2.1 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Les Abrets en Dauphiné): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Les Abrets en Dauphiné): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]

GP (Les Abrets en Dauphiné): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Les Abrets en Dauphiné): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Les Abrets en Dauphiné): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN weather station, 6.7 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 399 m. [11]

The village sits 115 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. [11]

An average of 1,156 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN, 6.7 km away at 284 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38001/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/13cb57ca-e4ee-3263-a40c-6be3bd8ab2a0— “Marché hebdomadaire des Abrets-en-Dauphiné”(unverified)
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38001/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38001/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38001/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38001
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chabeuil2684 km SW6,83367.2ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 43 %
Caussade82354 km SW6,80373.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 20 %
Fronton31382 km SW6,67164ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 54 %
Montauban-de-Bretagne35651 km NW6,59766.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 43 %
Feignies59544 km N6,70353.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 51 %
Lezoux63174 km W6,52854.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chabeuil2684 km SW6,83367.2ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 43 %
Lezoux63174 km W6,52854.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Caussade82354 km SW6,80373.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 20 %
Fronton31382 km SW6,67164ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 54 %
Feignies59544 km N6,70353.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 51 %
Montauban-de-Bretagne35651 km NW6,59766.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 43 %

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