Bessins

Identity

Bessins (INSEE 38041) is in Isère (38), part of CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Population 123 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/38041-bessins

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 12,401 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DARUMA). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 127 (2012) → 123 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 90 (1990) → 123 (2023): 36.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 64, of which 7.8 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint Antoine l'Abbaye): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint Antoine l'Abbaye): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint Antoine l'Abbaye): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Murinais): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Appolinard): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHATTE_SAPC weather station, 7.6 km away at 272 m; the village itself is at 475 m. ^[11]

The village sits 203 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHATTE_SAPC, 7.6 km away at 272 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 203 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATTE_SAPC, 7.6 km away at 272 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 — 38041/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38041/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38041/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38041/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38359
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38272
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38360
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024