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Bizonnes

Isère · CC de Bièvre Est · INSEE 38046

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

Few services 27.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bizonnes (INSEE 38046) is in Isère (38), part of CC de Bièvre Est. Population 1,028 (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/38046-bizonnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 14,125 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 food0.13253.28
Social0200
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9154.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D'ADRIEN). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BIZONNES AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LE COLIBRI). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (FRANCK COIFFURE ET SERVICES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL D'ADRIENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BIZONNES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE LE COLIBRIINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1FRANCK COIFFURE ET SERVICESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 564 2023: 1,028 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 876 (2012) → 1,028 (2023): 17.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 623 (1990) → 1,028 (2023): 65 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 440, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.4 km NW (Belmont)Pharmacy — 4.0 km N (Biol)GP — 4.1 km E (Châbons)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km NWPharmacy — 4.0 km NGP — 4.1 km E 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 (Bizonnes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Belmont): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Châbons): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Biol): 4 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Bizonnes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS weather station, 11.3 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 567 m. [12]

The village sits 191 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 GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 11.3 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 191 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 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CHARAVINES, 11.2 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38046/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38046/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38046/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38046/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38046
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38038
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38065
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38044
  12. 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
Rians18286 km NW95028.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin53547 km NW1,24727.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Souligné-sous-Ballon72492 km NW1,24426.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %
Pexiora11360 km SW1,26628.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 8 % · humidity 29 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune21176 km N1,28826.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Bonneuil-les-Eaux60525 km NW78729.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bligny-lès-Beaune21176 km N1,28826.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Rians18286 km NW95028.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Pexiora11360 km SW1,26628.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 8 % · humidity 29 %
Souligné-sous-Ballon72492 km NW1,24426.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %
Bonneuil-les-Eaux60525 km NW78729.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin53547 km NW1,24727.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bizonnes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chastel-Nouvel48178 km SW93836.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Portieux88330 km N1,22416.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Magny-sur-Tille21203 km N87433.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Plancher-les-Mines70277 km N83932.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gemeaux21226 km N97444.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Til-Châtel21230 km N1,11332.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %